Prosecutor release

# Founders of Samourai Wallet Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Plead Guilty

United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, August 6, 2025. July 30, 2025 guilty pleas, Hill extradition, agencies and forfeiture agreement.

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Published:** August 6, 2025

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 9

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York

**Published:** August 6, 2025

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Research grade:** Source grade P1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Official publication

**Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-samourai-wallet-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-plead-guilty](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-samourai-wallet-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-plead-guilty)

**What it supports:** July 30, 2025 guilty pleas, Hill extradition, agencies and forfeiture agreement

**Dataset id:** src\_doj\_samourai\_pleas\_2025

How this source is used

Cited 9 times across 3 record types.

The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.

Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 21, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Samourai Wallet seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/samourai-wallet-seizure)

Cryptocurrency laundering, April 2024

Primary source

### Organization roles

5 citations

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

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[Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/samourai-wallet-seizure)

Lead investigator, Samourai Wallet seizure

Primary source
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[Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/samourai-wallet-seizure)

Lead investigator, Samourai Wallet seizure

Primary source
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[United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/samourai-wallet-seizure)

Prosecutor, Samourai Wallet seizure

Primary source
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[European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/samourai-wallet-seizure)

International support, Samourai Wallet seizure

Primary source
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[Polícia Judiciária](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/samourai-wallet-seizure)

Arrest extradition partner, Samourai Wallet seizure

Primary source

### Legal actions against people

3 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Keonne Rodriguez](https://takedownindex.org/people/keonne-rodriguez)

Pleaded guilty, Samourai Wallet seizure

Primary source
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[William Lonergan Hill](https://takedownindex.org/people/william-lonergan-hill)

Extradited, Samourai Wallet seizure

Primary source
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[William Lonergan Hill](https://takedownindex.org/people/william-lonergan-hill)

Pleaded guilty, Samourai Wallet seizure

Primary source

[All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)
