Samourai CEO Keonne Rodriguez and Samourai CTO William Lonergan Hill Pled Guilty to Operating a Money Transmitting Business, Samourai Wallet, That Transmitted Over $200 Million in Criminal Proceeds
On July 30, Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, the co-founders of Samourai Wallet (“Samourai”), a cryptocurrency mixer that facilitated more than $200 million in illegal transactions, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote in New York. Rodriguez, the Chief Executive Officer of Samourai, and Hill, the Chief Technology Officer, pled guilty to…
