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William Lonergan Hill

No alias recorded

ChargedArrestedPleaded guiltySentencedExtradited

Public record reviewed to August 21, 2026

Index entry last updated August 21, 2026

Co-founder and CTO.

A conviction or guilty plea is recorded in this entry.

  • Co-founder and CTO of Samourai Wallet.

Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.

This entry records 5 actions across 1 takedown, each traced to a cited source. At least one linked takedown was added in the extended pass and was not independently source verified. Where the record is silent, this page says so rather than filling the gap.

Legal summary

Associated takedowns
Samourai Wallet seizure
Recorded role
Co-founder and CTO
Group segment
Core operator
Charging authority
United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York
Charging jurisdiction
Not recorded
Case number
1:24-cr-00082
Latest recorded action
Sentenced, November 2025
Nationality
United States
Country of residence
Not established
Recorded sentence
Four years imprisonment; three years supervised release; USD 250,000 fine.

Legal history

Every step recorded in the public legal record for this person, in the order it happened.

These entries describe procedure only. Nothing here establishes guilt, and a charge remains an allegation until a court rules.

  1. April 24, 2024

    Charged by United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

  2. April 24, 2024

    Arrested in Portugal.

  3. July 30, 2025

    Pleaded guilty, recorded by United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

  4. November 19, 2025

    Sentenced by United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

  5. Date not established

    Extradited by Office of International Affairs, United States Department of Justice in the United States. Extradited from Portugal in July 2024; exact day not stated in the cited release.

Sequence note. 1 action carries no date in the public record. It is listed last, out of sequence, because the date was never published.
Record note. Dates follow the earliest official announcement of each step. Where proceedings were subject to reporting restrictions, this entry records only what was published.

Court cases in which this person is named. Being named in a case is not a finding of guilt. Charges are accusations only.

Case Court Docket number Status
United States v. Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 1:24-cr-00082-DLC Both defendants pleaded guilty and were sentenced in November 2025