The co-founder of Samourai Wallet, Keonne Rodriguez, was given the maximum prison time this week after his guilty plea in a US federal case linked to tools that allowed Bitcoin users to attempt to conceal their 0 to court filings, the sentence aims to close a chapter that began with an indictment unsealed in April 1 And Sentencing Dates According to court documents, Rodriguez pleaded guilty in mid-2025 to running an unlicensed money transmitting 2 plea did not encompass all counts within the original indictment but did result in the scheduling of a sentencing 3 November 6, 2025, a judge imposed the longest prison term of five years sought by prosecutors for that 4 co-founder, William Lonergan Hill, faces related proceedings after being arrested overseas; extradition efforts are underway.
Defense: He lived in a $250,000 home in Harmony, PA unlike SBF. He’s an engineer. He’s a warm family 5 Rodriguez: I agree with what my counsel 6 letter, I wanted it to be personal. I’ve been silent for 18 months.
I wanted to bring my story to you — Inner City Press (@innercitypress) November 6, 2025 Samourai Wallet: Allegations And Figures According to the Department of Justice, Samourai Wallet and associated services processed approximately $2 billion in transactions that the government says included funds tied to illegal 7 say that more than $100 million of criminal proceeds were laundered through features allowing users to mix or route coins via extra 8 tools at the center of the case — known as Whirlpool and Ricochet — were repeatedly mentioned in filings as methods that made tracing funds 9 government also said the founders marketed these features in ways they said appealed to bad 10 show the charge of unlicensed money-transmitting business carries up to five years in 11 federal probation office had suggested a term below that, recommending about 42 months, but prosecutors asked the court to impose the full five-year 12 figures were based on court documents and public statements by the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New 13 Narrowed, Questions Remain Reports have identified that the defendants did not plead guilty to each of the counts in the original complaint, with the plea agreement leaving some counts 14 has left defense lawyers and outside experts focusing on what the case means for software developers and privacy tools that operate in the cryptocurrency 15 filings reflect a complex combination of criminal allegations and regulatory questions, and in various hearings, both parties used technical and legal 16 And Community Reactions The sentence has drawn sharp takes from different 17 advocates warn that criminal penalties aimed at developers could chill open-source work and set new limits on tools used by ordinary people to protect their financial 18 image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
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