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2025-11-20 07:41:36

Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Gets 4-Year Sentence for Bitcoin Mixing Tools

William Lonergan Hill, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, received a four-year federal prison sentence for operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business that concealed over $237 million in illicit Bitcoin funds. This follows Keonne Rodriguez’s five-year term, highlighting U.S. crackdowns on crypto mixers aiding criminal activities. Samourai Wallet’s Whirlpool and Ricochet tools obscured Bitcoin transactions, processing 80,000 BTC

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