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According to market news, the domain name of the Bitcoin wallet Samourai Wallet, which was once famous for its privacy features, has now been taken over by scammers after being seized by the FBI, and is being used to host phishing sites to steal Bitcoin.Domain records show that the website was registered through a privacy protection service, and the current owner's identity is unknown. Multiple users on the X platform have reported the phishing site to the domain registrar NameCheap, requesting the site be shut down, but have not yet received a response.

According to a report by The Block, earlier this month it was announced that the U.S. Marshals Service has sold over $6 million worth of Bitcoin that was paid to the Department of Justice by Samourai Wallet developers Rodriguez and Hill as part of a plea agreement.Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the White House Digital Assets Advisory Committee, stated that confirmation has been received from the U.S. Department of Justice that, under Executive Order 14233, the seized digital assets from Samourai Wallet have not been liquidated and will not be liquidated. They will remain on the U.S. government's balance sheet as part of strategic business rules. The executive order stipulates that the Bitcoin in the reserves will come from funds seized due to criminal or civil asset forfeiture, and the Bitcoin deposited into the reserves cannot be sold.

Although Executive Order 14233 stipulates that confiscated BTC must be stored in the U.S. strategic BTC reserves, the U.S. Department of Justice appears to have sold the BTC paid by the Samourai developers as part of a plea agreement. Furthermore, this is not the first time the SDNY has acted in disregard of federal guidelines in the Samourai case.

According to Decrypt, U.S. President Trump stated that he is willing to consider pardoning convicted Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez, noting that he has been made aware of the case.When discussing Rodriguez's case, Trump told the media, "I have heard about this case, and I will take a look." Trump then said to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was also present, "We will keep an eye on this, Pam." Rodriguez was sentenced to five years in federal prison last month for his involvement in creating the Samourai wallet. This tool allows Bitcoin users to ensure transaction privacy without transferring funds to a third party. He is scheduled to report to federal prison this Friday.

According to The Block, Samourai Wallet co-founder William Lonergan Hill was sentenced to four years in prison by the U.S. Southern District Court of New York for assisting in the laundering of over $237 million. In addition, he was fined $250,000 and placed on three years of supervised release. He and CEO Keonne Rodriguez pleaded guilty in July, with Rodriguez being sentenced to five years in prison on November 6. The two concealed the source of funds through services like "Whirlpool" and "Ricochet," and had actively promoted their coin-mixing services on the dark web. Together, they paid a total of $6.3 million in fines.

According to Bloomberg, the co-founder of the cryptocurrency mixer Samourai Wallet has been sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering, having laundered hundreds of millions of dollars from illegal dark web transactions and fraud schemes. Keonne Rodriguez was sentenced on Thursday by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, with the prison term being the maximum sentence for conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmission business, to which Rodriguez has pleaded guilty.

According to Bloomberg, a federal court in New York has sentenced Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez to five years in prison for conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transfer business. He had previously reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and agreed to forfeit $237 million in assets and pay a $400,000 fine along with another co-founder. The case involves using mixing services to launder funds from the dark web and scams.

The U.S. prosecutors are seeking a 5-year prison sentence for Samourai Wallet founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, citing their long-term operation of an unregistered cryptocurrency mixing service that assisted in laundering at least $237 million, including proceeds from crimes such as drugs, the dark web, hacking, and illegal content. The two pleaded guilty in July and will be sentenced separately this week.

According to Decrypt, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York stated in a sentencing memorandum that Samourai Wallet founder Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill solicited criminal users on the dark web and described "mixing" as "Bitcoin laundering." The two have pleaded guilty to "operating an unlicensed money transmission business and involving criminal proceeds," and the prosecution is seeking a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison under 18 U.S.C. §371.Authorities claim that the service laundered at least $237 million from 2015 to 2024, with the two charging fees of approximately 246.3 BTC (currently valued at about $26.9 million). Rodriguez is scheduled to be sentenced on November 6, with Hill's sentencing the following day.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Samourai Wallet co-founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill have pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to charges related to their cryptocurrency mixing service.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, crypto advocacy groups such as the Blockchain Association, Coin Center, DeFi Education Fund, and the Bitcoin Policy Institute are calling for the dismissal of the case against the Bitcoin mixing service Samourai.These groups believe that Samourai Wallet merely helps people conduct financial transactions online without violating U.S. law. Nevertheless, a federal judge this week refused to accept these groups' amicus briefs. Previously, the U.S. government shut down Samourai Wallet and arrested its developers, accusing the application of being an "unlicensed money transmitting business" used by criminals.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the legal team of the founder of the cryptocurrency mixing service Samourai Wallet sent a letter to the Manhattan federal court on May 5, disclosing that the prosecution is suspected of concealing important evidence. It is reported that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) had clearly stated six months before the indictment that Samourai Wallet did not need to apply for an MSB (Money Services Business) license. However, the prosecution still filed charges against the founder for "operating without a license" and concealed this key information for as long as a year and a half.The two defendants in the case, Rodriguez and Hill, were previously charged with assisting in over $2 billion in illegal transactions. Currently, the legal team has requested the court to hold a hearing regarding the prosecution's delay in disclosing evidence and stated that they will refile a motion to dismiss the charges.

ChainCatcher news, according to Nobsbitcoin, a memorandum shows that the pre-trial hearing for Samourai Wallet has been postponed from December 17, 2024, to March 12, 2025, with the trial date set for November 3, 2025. Since the pre-trial conference on September 17, 2024, the U.S. government has submitted the third and fourth batches of evidence and provided copies of the first and second batches to developer Keonne Rodriguez on November 6, 2024. The fifth batch of evidence is expected to be submitted within seven days, containing data extracted from seized devices.The FBI is reviewing 45 devices seized from Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill for confidential information and plans to release the remaining data by early 2025. So far, 17TB of data has been shared, accounting for more than half of the total, and more evidence is expected to be released. The defense has described the volume of this evidence as enormous, likening it to "75% of the Library of Congress's collection," with a stack of paper thick enough to make 22 round trips to the moon.

ChainCatcher message, the USDC trading zone under OKX spot trading will add SAMO-USDC, DAO-USDC, TRA-USDC, NEIRO-USDC, BONK-USDC, and CAT-USDC trading pairs from October 29th, 16:00 to 16:30.

ChainCatcher news, after the arrest of the founder of Samourai Wallet, an anonymous team forked the project and named it the Ashigaru open-source project. The Ashigaru team shared their vision, stating: "Anyone should be able to transact peacefully, voluntarily, and privately on the internet without being tracked, monitored, or censored."The project is described as a self-hosted, open-source, and secure Bitcoin wallet. Ashigaru was established months after the U.S. Department of Justice filed charges against the founder of Samourai Wallet, aiming to continue the protection of privacy.Previous news, on April 25, 2024, the co-founder of the crypto mixing service Samourai Wallet was arrested. Prosecutors stated that they are suspected of laundering $100 million from Silk Road and other illegal markets.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, the Southern District Court of New York has denied Samourai Wallet founder Keonne Rodriguez's request to modify his bail conditions. The prosecution submitted Rodriguez's handwritten "escape preparation" notes as evidence, which detailed travel plans and emergency items. Rodriguez's lawyer argued that this was just a general emergency plan, but the prosecution believes it constitutes an active escape plan.ChainCatcher previously reported, according to The Block, that the co-founder of the crypto mixing service Samourai Wallet was arrested. Prosecutors stated that they are accused of laundering $100 million from Silk Road and other illegal markets. On Wednesday, Samourai CEO Keonne Rodriguez and CTO William Lonergan Hill were charged with operating Samourai Wallet.

ChainCatcher news, a letter submitted on July 3 shows that the U.S. government has agreed to bail out Samourai Wallet developer William Lonergan Hill (also known as TDev). Hill will appear in court next week in New York City and has been extradited back to the country from Portugal.Previously, on May 28, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) held the first hearing regarding the case of Samourai Wallet founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill in the Southern District of New York.

According to ChainCatcher news, data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData shows that in the past 24 hours, INTRO led the Solana sector with a 18.65% increase, while SAMO ranked second with a 15.14% increase. The specific rankings are as follows:INTRO; 2. SAMO; 3. NOS; 4. BOME; 5. MYRO; 6. WIF; 7. BONK.

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