The founders of Samourai Wallet, Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, were arrested and charged with facilitating over $2 billion in illegal transactions through their cryptocurrency wallet.

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The founders of Samourai Wallet, Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, were arrested and charged with facilitating over $2 billion in illegal transactions through their cryptocurrency wallet.

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Samourai overall facilitated around $2 billion in "unlawful transactions” between 2015 and the present, the release alleged. An accompanying indictment said this figure was calculated by converting the value of bitcoin laundered through the funds to U.S. dollars, based on bitcoin's price "at the time of each transaction."
The indictment alleges that the Samourai Wallet, which has been in operation since 2015, facilitated more than $100 million in money laundering transactions from illegal dark web markets
Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill have been charged with operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business that allegedly facilitated over $2 billion in unlawful transactions.

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