Moss on Nostr: Read the entire case bulletin. The crux of the case is not that privacy is illegal. ...
Read the entire case bulletin. The crux of the case is not that privacy is illegal. Instead, the development team uses privacy technology to help carry out covert transfers of assets that the government considers illegal, thereby making profits in the process. No specific evidence of money laundering was published. The evidence is tweets and Twitter conversations, and branding materials.
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“Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill Are Charged with Operating Samourai Wallet, an Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business That Executed Over $2 Billion in Unlawful Transactions and Laundered Over $100 Million in Criminal Proceeds”
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-and-ceo-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-arrested-and-charged-money-laundering
Website seized, too…