International authorities collaborated to shut down Samourai Wallet and arrested its two founders on April 24 after the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed criminal charges against the privacy wallet over allegations of facilitating money laundering. Samourai Wallet was among the most popular privacy-focused Bitcoin wallets. Founders arrestedThe DOJ has charged the project’s founders, Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business. According to authorities, the two individuals administered and marketed Samourai Wallet, through which they allegedly operated a crypto mixer that handled over $2 billion worth of Bitcoin in illegal transactions. Samourai Wallet included two privacy services — a coin mixer called Whirlpool and a “hopping” feature called Ricochet.

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