From Open-Source to Offense: The Samourai Wallet Case and the Expanding Reach of U.S. FinCrime Law

On July 30, 2025, the co-founders of Samourai Wallet – Keonne Rodriguez (CEO) and William Lonergan Hill (CTO) – entered guilty pleas in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to one count of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business under 18 U.S.C. § 1960.