PANews reported on November 7th that, according to Bloomberg, a U.S. federal court in New York sentenced Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, to five years in prison for conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transfer business. He had previously reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and agreed to pay $237 million in assets and a $400,000 fine along with another co-founder. The case involves using currency mixing services to launder money for dark web and fraudulent activities.


