Prosecutor release
Samourai Wallet founders arrested; infrastructure seized
US DOJ / USAO SDNY / IRS-CI / FBI, April 24, 2024. Establishes the arrest of Samourai Wallet's founders and the seizure of web servers (Iceland) and domain/app infrastructure (US)..
- Source type
- Prosecutor release
- Published
- April 24, 2024
- Research grade
- P1
- Used in entries
- 4
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- US DOJ / USAO SDNY / IRS-CI / FBI
- Published
- April 24, 2024
- Source type
- Prosecutor release
- Research grade
- Source grade P1
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- Address
- No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.
- What it supports
- Establishes the arrest of Samourai Wallet's founders and the seizure of web servers (Iceland) and domain/app infrastructure (US).
- Dataset id
- src_doj_samourai_2024
Research notes
- Not independently re-verified in this pass.
How this source is used
Cited 4 times across 1 record type.
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 20, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.
Cited by
Organization roles
4 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New YorkPrimary source
Operational lead, Samourai Wallet seizure
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Internal Revenue Service Criminal InvestigationPrimary source
Co-lead, Samourai Wallet seizure
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationPrimary source
Supporting, Samourai Wallet seizure
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Icelandic PolicePrimary source
Supporting, Samourai Wallet seizure