Samourai Wallet co-founder William Lonergan Hill sentenced to four years in crypto mixing service case
Samourai Wallet co-founder William Lonergan Hill was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in operating a crypto mixing service that prosecutors said helped criminals “wash millions in dirty money,” according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Hill was sentenced on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York about two weeks after his former colleague Keonne Rodriguez, who was sentenced to the maximum five-year penalty by the same district court. Rodriguez served as chief executive officer of Samourai, and Hill was chief technology officer.
The pair pleaded guilty in July after initially denying the charges last year.
“The sentences the defendants received send a clear message that…
