On November 20, William Lonergan Hill, co-founder of cryptocurrency mixer Samourai Wallet, was sentenced to four years in prison by the US District Court in Manhattan on Wednesday for assisting in the laundering of over 200 million dollars and involvement in illegal dark web transactions.
11月20日消息,加密货币混币器Samourai Wallet联合创始人William LonerganHill因协助洗钱超2亿美元,并涉及非法暗网交易,于周三被美国曼哈顿地区法院判处四年监禁。
On November 7, a federal court in New York sentenced Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez to five years in prison for conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transfer business. He had previously reached a plea deal with prosecutors and agreed to pay $237 million in assets and a $400,000 fine together with another co-founder. The case involves the use of currency mixing services to launder money for the dark web and fraudulent funds.
11月7日消息,美国纽约联邦法院判处Samourai Wallet联合创始人Keonne Rodriguez五年监禁,罪名为共谋经营无牌资金转移业务。他此前已与检方达成认罪协议,并同意与另一联合创始人一同缴纳2.37亿美元资产与40万美元罚金。案件涉及利用混币服务为黑网与诈骗资金洗钱。
据Decrypt报道,加密货币混币服务Samourai Wallet两名联合创始人Keonne Rodriguez和William Lonergan Hill在周三承认共谋经营无牌汇款业务后,面临最高5年的监禁。 作为认罪协议的一部分,美国司法部同意撤销更严重的洗钱指控——根据司法部的量刑指南,该指控最高可判20年监禁。而非法汇款业务的指控则最高可判5年监禁。 二人最初均对指控表示不认罪,但法庭文件显示他们已改...
Samourai Wallet co-founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill have pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in New York to charges related to their cryptocurrency mixing services.
Samourai Wallet 联合创始人 Keonne Rodriguez 和 William Lonergan Hill 已在美国纽约地方法院对与其加密货币混币服务相关的指控认罪。
据Decrypt报道,区块链协会、CoinCenter、DeFi教育基金和比特币政策研究所等加密倡导团体呼吁驳回对比特币混币服务Samourai的案件。这些团体认为,SamouraiWallet只是帮助人们在线执行金融交易,而没有违反美国法律。尽管如此,联邦法官本周拒绝接受这些团体的法庭之友简报。此前,美国政府关闭了SamouraiWallet,并逮捕了其开发者,指控该应用是“无证汇款业务”,被犯罪分子使...
Lawyers in the Samourai Wallet and Tornado Cash cases have accused prosecutors of concealing a phone call they believe may be critical to their defense. In the call, senior employees of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Agency (FinCEN) suggested to government prosecutors that non-custodial agreements may not qualify as money service businesses, which are key elements of certain charges. Prosecutors in the Samourai case played down the allegations, saying the call was fairly disclosed before trial...