Samourai Wallet has been seized and the devs arrested

[Overhung7319]

U.S. authorities seized the servers and arrested developers of Samourai Wallet.

Samourai was a non-custodial bitcoin wallet that allowed users to store & send Bitcoin privately. It is also had a coin mixing feature.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/p...service-arrested-and-charged-money-launderinghttps://samouraiwallet.com/

 

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Also discussed here: Bitcoin & Human Rights with Alex Gladstein & Natalie Smolenski

"RODRIGUEZ and‌ HILL operated Twitter accounts that encouraged and openly invited users to launder criminal proceeds through‍ Samourai. For example, in or around June 2022, Samourai’s Twitter account , operated by RODRIGUEZ⁠ , posted the following message regarding Russian oligarchs seeking to circumvent sanctions:

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For the sake of privacy︀ I hope that developers in this space really improve their OPSEC.

[1] Founders And CEO︁ Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses︂

 

[jafo]

The dying empire is grasping at every straw! smi(&%
Imagine if Iran, Russia, or China indicted‌ some developers, helping Americans and Europeans avoid Russian sanctions. rof/%

 

[JohnnyDoe]

I was quite expecting to see the dreaded screen of death eventually

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[jafo]

These poor chaps hallucinated that the "rule of law" and‌ "equality before the law"*** would be applied evenly across the board based on some memorandum‍ of law written by some junior attorney or even paralegal for the retained high-priced senior⁠ attorney. smi(&%

*** The law should apply to all people equally regardless of their status in⁤ society,rich or poor, young or old, regardless of their gender, race, culture, religion, or any⁣ other attribute.

One of the best jokes in history rof/%

 

[JohnLocke]

Yes, sooner or later, it catches up with everyone who doesn't follow the financial rules.‌

 

[JackAlabama]

George Orwell: 'All animals are equal,⁣ but some animals are more equal than others.'​

unless ones︀ name is jp morgan or any other tbtf bank, then its just a slap on︁ the wrist.

 

[jafo]

The ONLY antidote to this is solid OPSEC when disrupting‍ or straying outside the boundaries of the prohibited acts! 😉
Even if you or I follow⁠ the "rules" (assuming we are NOT "politically connected or privileged"), there are NO guarantees they⁤ will NOT indict us and throw us in a cage. No amount of ink &⁣ paperwork can stop bullets.

The ONLY antidote is "Satoshi's strategy!" ...

...which he copied exactly⁢ from FBI Associate Director Mark Felt, better known as Deep Throat (Watergate)

Source: How ‘Deep︀ Throat’ Took Down Nixon From Inside the FBI. Former FBI deputy director William Mark Felt︁ broke his 30-year silence and confirmed in 2005 that he was “Deep Throat,” the anonymous︂ government source who helped take down President Nixon in the Watergate scandal.

 

[Wellington]

25 yrs for a⁢ tweet

 

[jafo]

rof/% smi(&%