Samaurai wallet prosecutors are considering the fall of the charges under new priorities in the DOJ crypto implementation: File
New York prosecutors seem to be considered whether or not their case against Samaurai wallet co-founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, according to A Monday of court filing.
In a joint letter to Judge Judge Richard Berman of the Southern District of New York (SDNY), both prosecutors and lawyers asked for Rodriguez and as the government determined its position “in response to the defense request that the case case Recent memo to the staff of the Department of Justice (DOJ).
In his memo on April 7, Blanche announced that the DOJ’s crypto unit, the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) would be taxed, and pointed to staff not to bring cases against crypto exchanges, mix services, or offline purse “for works of their end users or unintentional violations of regulations.”
Blanche has ordered any ongoing investigation that is inconsistent with this new policy closed, and said his office will cooperate with the DOJ’s Criminal Division to “review ongoing cases for the same policy.”
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Three days after Blanche’s memo, attorneys for Hill and Rodriguez sent a letter to SDNY prosecutors “who requested the dismissal of the superseding indictment under the Blanche memo,” according to Monday’s File on April 24, the parties met to discuss the request.
Last April, Rodriguez and Hill were Said with conspiracy to make money laundering and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed business that sends money. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years and five years, respectively. Prosecutors said the Samaurai Wallet facilitated nearly $ 2 billion in “unlawful transactions” between 2015 and 2024, along with a pair collecting a combined $ 4.5 million in fees.
