Quote from: cryptotact11 on August 02, 2025, 04:58:21 PM

Quote from: bbc.reporter on July 31, 2025, 01:27:21 AM

@NotATether. It appears that it has been confirmed. The Samourai wallet developers have agreed to make a plea deal with the American government. It will not be shocking if they have presently become informants. The announcement of this will be they are offically hired by the government to be consultants hehehehe.

The developers of Bitcoin mixing service Samourai Wallet pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business on Wednesday, taking a plea deal that drastically cut their potential prison time for their role in creating a privacy tool prosecutors say was used to launder more than $100 million in dirty money.

Their plea deal with the government struck the more serious money-laundering charge, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, in exchange for pleading guilty to the lesser, money-transmitting charge, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

Read in full https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/07/30/samourai-wallet-devs-plead-guilty-to-conspiring-to-run-unlicensed-money-transmitter

It is unfortunate to hear that as they definitely don't deserve this. However fighting the US government on such matters is pretty much impossible. They will get you if they want to and every conviction establishes more precedent.

Why don't they deserve it? They should know the risk they took and the possible consequence.

If you know the kind of frivolous lifestyle these guys live without care for what the money is being used for, if it is to fund terrorism to wipe out a whole city, they don't care, it is about the gain. Some of those they mix for will even bargain a good percentage with them before the deal is pushed through, so this is not about what they deserve or not, it's about the law.

I am not against mixing, it is advantageous, but the selfish and wicked human nature. It's always good to say you want to mix your coin for privacy reasons and anonymity bla bla bla. But what are they being used for?