Samourai 钱包创始人被捕并被指控洗钱

作者：Nikhilesh De, Cheyenne Ligon，CoinDesk；编译：邓通，虚拟币交易所平台,数字货币,NFT

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Author: Nikhilesh De, Cheyenne Ligon, CoinDesk; Translation: Deng Tong, Jinse Finance

周三，联邦检察官指控 Samurai Wallet 创始人 Keonne Rodriguez 和 William Lonergan Hill 合谋洗钱，美国政府继续起诉可能被非法行为者和外国政府用来隐藏资金转移的加密货币混合工具。

On Wednesday, federal prosecutors charged Samurai Wallet founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill with conspiring to launder money, as the U.S. government continues to crack down on cryptocurrency mixers that may be used by illicit actors and foreign governments to hide the movement of funds.

根据周三发布的新闻稿，两人开发、营销和运营了该混合器，该混合器“促进了来自非法暗网市场的超过 1 亿美元的洗钱交易”。

According to a press release issued on Wednesday, the two individuals developed, marketed, and operated the mixer, which "facilitated more than $100 million worth of money laundering transactions from illegal darknet markets."

该新闻稿称，从 2015 年至今，Samourai 总共促成了约 20 亿美元的“非法交易”。随附的起诉书称，这一数字是根据比特币“每笔交易的时间”确定的。

The press release states that Samourai has facilitated approximately $2 billion in "illicit transactions" since 2015. The accompanying indictment states that this figure was determined based on "the time of each Bitcoin transaction."

据检察官称，35 岁的 Rodriguez 和 65 岁的 Hill 收取了约 450 万美元的费用。 根据起诉书，不同的功能有不同的池费。

According to the prosecutors, 35-year-old Rodriguez and 65-year-old Hill collected approximately $4.5 million in fees. According to the indictment, different functionalities had different pool fees.

两人被指控串谋洗钱和串谋经营未经许可的汇款业务。 这些指控的最高刑期分别为 20 年和 5 年。

The two individuals are charged with conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. The maximum sentences for these charges are 20 years and 5 years, respectively.

据新闻稿称，Rodriguez 于周三上午被捕，并将于今天或明天在宾夕法尼亚州受审。 Samourai Wallet 首席技术官 Hill 于周三上午在葡萄牙被捕，并将被引渡到美国。

According to the press release, Rodriguez was arrested on Wednesday morning and will be tried in Pennsylvania today or tomorrow. Samourai Wallet CTO Hill was arrested in Portugal on Wednesday morning and is to be extradited to the United States.

位于冰岛的 Samourai Wallet 网站也已被查封，并向 Google Play 商店发出了针对 Samourai 移动应用程序的查封令。

The Samourai Wallet website, located in Iceland, has also been shut down, and a takedown notice has been issued against the Samourai mobile application on the Google Play Store.

Samourai Wallet 的开发者周三被指控后，其网站主页被美国官员的警告所取代。 （Samourai Wallet）

After the developers of Samourai Wallet were charged on Wednesday, their website homepage was replaced with a warning from U.S. officials. （Samourai Wallet）

美国司法部新闻稿称，Samourai 自 2015 年以来一直在开发，Rodriguez 和 Hill “鼓励并公开邀请用户通过混合器洗钱”， 该移动应用程序的下载量已超过 100,000 次。

The U.S. Department of Justice press release stated that Samourai has been in development since 2015, and Rodriguez and Hill "encouraged and openly invited users to launder money through the mixer," with the mobile application being downloaded over 100,000 times.

“在 Samourai，我们完全专注于抵制审查制度和黑/灰循环经济，”Hill 的一条私人信息说道。 “这意味着不会出现可预见的大规模采用，尽管黑色/灰色市场在疫情期间已经开始扩张，并且在疫情结束后还将继续扩大……”

"At Samourai, we are wholly focused on pushing back against the surveillance regime and the black/gray economy," a private message from Hill said. "This means there will not be the foreseeable large-scale adoption, despite the expansion of black/gray markets during the pandemic and its continuation after the pandemic is over...."

新闻稿称，两人通过营销相同噱头来寻求投资者——“黑暗/灰色市场参与者”在他们的用户群中。 营销材料的屏幕截图将“受限市场”列为目标人群，以及在线赌博和资产保护。

The press release stated that the two individuals sought investors through marketing with the same gimmicks - "dark/gray market participants" in their user base. Screenshots of marketing materials listed "restricted markets" as the target audience, as well as online gambling and asset protection.

周三的逮捕行动正值美国司法部准备即将对加密货币混合服务 Tornado Cash 的开发者兼联合创始人 Roman Storm 进行审判之际。 美国司法部纽约南区部门正在追查此案。 最近，美国司法部华盛顿特区部门成功对加密货币混合器 Bitcoin Fog 的运营商 Roman Sterlingov 做出洗钱指控。

The arrests on Wednesday come as the U.S. Department of Justice prepares to bring charges against Roman Storm, the developer and co-founder of the cryptocurrency mixing service Tornado Cash. The case is being pursued by the U.S. Department of Justice Southern District of New York. Most recently, the U.S. Department of Justice District of Washington, D.C., successfully made money laundering charges against Roman Sterlingov, the operator of the cryptocurrency mixer Bitcoin Fog.