Samourai Wallet 联合创始人被控洗钱数十亿美元

Samourai Wallet 联合创始人 Keonne Rodriguez 和 William Hill 因洗钱指控被美国司法部逮捕，凸显了对加密货币混合器的严厉打击。 Samourai Wallet 据称促成了超过 20 亿美元的非法交易，包括为非法暗网市场洗钱。由于混合器在促进非法活动中发挥的作用，美国政府一直将其作为攻击目标，OFAC 此前曾制裁 Blender.io 和 Tornado Cash。

Cryptocurrency Mixer Samourai Wallet Co-founders Indicted on Money Laundering Charges

加密货币混合商 Samourai Wallet 联合创始人被指控洗钱

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), in a coordinated effort with other federal agencies, has arrested the co-founders of the cryptocurrency mixer Samourai Wallet, Keonne Rodriguez and William Hill, on charges of money laundering.

美国司法部 (DOJ) 与其他联邦机构协调行动，以洗钱罪逮捕了加密货币混合器 Samourai Wallet 的联合创始人 Keonne Rodriguez 和 William Hill。

Rodriguez, the CEO, and Hill, the chief technology officer, each face one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and one count of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, punishable by up to five years in prison.

首席执行官罗德里格斯 (Rodriguez) 和首席技术官希尔 (Hill) 分别面临一项共谋洗钱罪名，最高可判处 20 年监禁，以及一项共谋经营无照资金传输业务罪名，最高可判处 20 年监禁。至五年监禁。

Rodriguez's arrest occurred on April 24 in Pennsylvania, while Hill was apprehended the same day in Portugal. The DOJ's Southern District of New York office has stated that the United States will pursue Hill's extradition.

罗德里格斯于 4 月 24 日在宾夕法尼亚州被捕，希尔于同一天在葡萄牙被捕。美国司法部纽约南区办公室表示，美国将寻求引渡希尔。

Simultaneously, authorities seized Samourai Wallet's servers and domain in Iceland, and a warrant has been issued to halt downloads of the company's app from the Google Play Store, which has been installed over 100,000 times.

与此同时，当局查封了 Samourai Wallet 在冰岛的服务器和域名，并发出逮捕令，禁止从 Google Play 商店下载该公司的应用程序，该应用程序的安装次数已超过 10 万次。

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) also participated in the investigation. According to the DOJ's statement, Samourai Wallet allegedly:

美国国税局（IRS）和联邦调查局（FBI）也参与了调查。根据司法部的声明，Samourai Wallet 据称：

• Processed over $2 billion in illicit transactions, facilitating more than $100 million in money laundering from illicit dark web marketplaces, including Silk Road and Hydra Market.
• Conducted a web-server intrusion, spearphishing scheme, and defrauded multiple decentralized finance protocols.

Samourai Wallet offered the Whirlpool crypto mixing service and Ricochet service, which generated additional, unnecessary transactions to further obfuscate users' cryptocurrency trails. The company allegedly profited $4.5 million from these services.

处理了超过 20 亿美元的非法交易，协助从非法暗网市场（包括 Silk Road 和 Hydra Market）洗钱超过 1 亿美元。实施了网络服务器入侵、鱼叉式网络钓鱼计划，并诈骗了多个去中心化金融协议。Samourai Wallet 提供了Whirlpool 加密货币混合服务和 Ricochet 服务会生成额外的、不必要的交易，以进一步混淆用户的加密货币踪迹。据称该公司从这些服务中获利 450 万美元。

The U.S. government has intensified its stance against crypto mixers. In May 2022, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on Blender.io following the Axie Infinity hack. In October 2022, OFAC added addresses associated with Tornado Cash to its Specially Designated Nationals list, effectively prohibiting U.S. residents from using the service. A court challenge to this decision was unsuccessful, and by August 2023, Tornado Cash's three co-founders were arrested.

美国政府加强了针对加密货币混合器的立场。 2022 年 5 月，美国财政部外国资产控制办公室 (OFAC) 在 Axie Infinity 遭到黑客攻击后对 Blender.io 实施制裁。 2022 年 10 月，OFAC 将与 Tornado Cash 相关的地址添加到其特别指定国民名单中，从而有效禁止美国居民使用该服务。法院对该决定提出质疑但未成功，到 2023 年 8 月，Tornado Cash 的三名联合创始人被捕。

In October 2023, the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network proposed designating crypto mixers as a "primary money laundering concern" following the Hamas attack on Israel.

2023 年 10 月，哈马斯袭击以色列后，财政部金融犯罪执法网络提议将加密货币混合器指定为“主要洗钱问题”。

The Samourai Wallet case underscores the increasing scrutiny and enforcement actions against cryptocurrency mixers, which are viewed as facilitators of illicit activities and a threat to national security. The government's pursuit of Hill's extradition demonstrates its determination to hold individuals and entities accountable for their alleged involvement in money laundering regardless of their location.

Samourai 钱包案凸显了针对加密货币混合器的日益严格的审查和执法行动，加密货币混合器被视为非法活动的促进者和对国家安全的威胁。政府对希尔的引渡表明了其决心追究涉嫌参与洗钱的个人和实体的责任，无论其身在何处。