Samourai 钱包主谋因洗钱和未经许可的交易面临 25 年监禁

混币服务运营商匿名的日子已经屈指可数了，最近该行业关键人物被捕和定罪就证明了这一点。美国司法部指控 Samourai Wallet 联合创始人洗钱和经营未经许可的汇款业务，而 Bitcoin Fog 混合器的运营商也被判犯有类似罪行。在荷兰，对 Tornado Cash 开发商 Alexey Pertsev 的审判正在进行中，检察官寻求因他协助洗钱价值超过 10 亿美元的以太坊而寻求 64 个月的徒刑。对混合器的打击是一项全球性的努力，美国、欧洲和其他地方的当局对那些使犯罪分子能够混淆其非法交易轨迹的服务采取了行动。

Samourai Wallet Masterminds Face Prison Terms for Unlicensed Money Transmission and Money Laundering

Samourai 钱包主谋因未经许可的资金转移和洗钱而面临监禁

The curtain has fallen on the purportedly anonymous operators behind Samourai Wallet, an unscrupulous coin mixing service designed to obscure the digital footprints of illicit transactions. Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, the co-founders of this shadowy enterprise, now stand accused of conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business, facing a combined prison sentence of up to 25 years.

Samourai Wallet 背后的据称匿名运营商已经落幕，Samourai Wallet 是一种不择手段的混币服务，旨在掩盖非法交易的数字足迹。这家影子企业的联合创始人科尼·罗德里格斯 (Keonne Rodriguez) 和威廉·洛纳根·希尔 (William Lonergan Hill) 现被指控共谋洗钱和共谋经营无照汇款业务，面临最高 25 年监禁。

The indictment against Samourai lays bare its brazen disregard for anti-money laundering protocols and the "know your customer" standard. This gross negligence enabled the facilitation of "over $2 billion in unlawful transactions," a staggering sum that highlights the chilling impact of such illicit activities.

对 Samourai 的起诉暴露了其公然无视反洗钱协议和“了解你的客户”标准的行为。这一重大过失促成了“超过 20 亿美元的非法交易”，这一数额惊人，凸显了此类非法活动的令人震惊的影响。

Samourai's services were particularly sought after by those seeking to launder ill-gotten gains from dark web marketplaces like Silk Road and Hydra Market. The disturbing revelation that Samourai processed "more than $100 million in money laundering transactions" from these shadowy corners of the internet exposes its complicity in the dark underbelly of cyberspace.

Samourai 的服务尤其受到那些寻求从 Silk Road 和 Hydra Market 等暗网市场洗钱的人的追捧。 Samourai 从互联网的这些阴暗角落处理了“超过 1 亿美元的洗钱交易”，这一令人不安的消息暴露了其在网络空间黑暗下层的同谋。

But Samourai's transgressions did not end there. It also enabled the laundering of proceeds from web-server intrusions, spear-phishing scams, and schemes designed to defraud decentralized finance protocols. The sheer scale of Samourai's illicit activities is mind-boggling, with its operators reportedly raking in around $4.4 million in fees from users eager to hide their digital trails from law enforcement.

但武士的罪行并没有就此结束。它还可以对网络服务器入侵、鱼叉式网络钓鱼诈骗和旨在欺骗去中心化金融协议的计划的收益进行洗钱。 Samourai 非法活动的规模之大令人难以置信，据报道，其运营商从渴望向执法部门隐藏其数字踪迹的用户那里收取了约 440 万美元的费用。

Rodriguez's arrest within the United States and Hill's detention in Portugal, pending extradition, serve as a stark warning that attempting to evade justice by seeking refuge overseas is a futile endeavor. The long arm of the law will reach even those who believe themselves immune from prosecution.

罗德里格斯在美国被捕以及希尔在葡萄牙被拘留等待引渡，这都是一个严厉的警告：试图通过寻求海外庇护来逃避司法是徒劳的。法律的长臂甚至会触及那些自认为免受起诉的人。

Law enforcement agencies have seized Samourai's servers with the invaluable assistance of Icelandic authorities. Its dot-com domains have also been taken down, while Google Play has ceased downloads of the Samourai app for American users.

在冰岛当局的宝贵协助下，执法机构查获了 Samourai 的服务器。其 .com 域名也已被撤下，而 Google Play 已停止为美国用户下载 Samourai 应用程序。

Unlike many other coin mixers that operate on the Ethereum blockchain, Samourai catered specifically to those seeking to conceal the digital breadcrumbs left behind by their Bitcoin transactions. Its "Whirlpool" service, marketed as a means to keep "your identity masked," was recently upgraded to further enhance its anonymization capabilities.

与许多其他在以太坊区块链上运行的硬币混合器不同，Samourai 专门迎合那些寻求隐藏比特币交易留下的数字面包屑的人。其“Whirlpool”服务被宣传为“隐藏您的身份”的一种手段，最近进行了升级，以进一步增强其匿名功能。

Samourai also offered a "Ricochet" feature designed to confound transaction blacklists and protect users from "unjust 3rd party account closures." Such audacious language was typical of the Samourai crew's brash and provocative demeanor.

Samourai 还提供了“Ricochet”功能，旨在混淆交易黑名单并保护用户免受“不公正的第三方帐户关闭”。这种大胆的语言是武士船员典型的傲慢和挑衅行为。

In March 2022, Hill cavalierly dismissed a Financial Times article citing a Europol assessment that coin mixers posed a "top threat," mockingly tweeting, "Do you see us shitting in our pants?" The answer, as we now know, is an emphatic yes.

2022 年 3 月，希尔傲慢地驳斥了《金融时报》的一篇文章，引用了欧洲刑警组织的评估，认为混币器构成了“头号威胁”，并在推特上嘲笑道：“你看到我们在裤子里拉屎了吗？”正如我们现在所知，答案是肯定的。

Hill's hubris extended to welcoming Russian oligarchs as Samourai Wallet users following the imposition of economic sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. His confrontational stance, resembling the defiant bravado of Avraham Eisenberg, proved ill-advised, as both men now face the harsh reality of prison time for their reckless actions.

在俄罗斯因入侵乌克兰而受到经济制裁后，希尔的傲慢态度延伸到欢迎俄罗斯寡头成为 Samourai Wallet 用户。他的对抗立场类似于亚伯拉罕·艾森伯格的挑衅虚张声势，但事实证明是不明智的，因为两人现在都因鲁莽的行为而面临入狱的严酷现实。

Rodriguez and Hill's legal challenges have been further compounded by the recent conviction of Roman Sterlingov, the Swedish-Russian operator of the Bitcoin Fog mixer. Sterlingov's guilty verdict on charges of money laundering conspiracy, operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, and violating the District of Columbia Money Transmitters Act sent shockwaves through the crypto community.

比特币雾混合器的瑞典-俄罗斯运营商罗曼·斯特林戈夫 (Roman Sterlingov) 最近被定罪，进一步加剧了罗德里格斯和希尔的法律挑战。斯特林戈夫对共谋洗钱、经营未经许可的货币传输业务以及违反《哥伦比亚特区货币传输法》等指控的有罪判决在加密货币界引起了轩然大波。

Sterlingov operated Bitcoin Fog from 2011 until his arrest in April 2021, overseeing the longest-running mixer in crypto history. During its operation, Bitcoin Fog processed "well over" 1.2 million BTC, worth nearly $400 million at the time.

斯特林戈夫从 2011 年开始运营 Bitcoin Fog，直至 2021 年 4 月被捕，监管着加密历史上运行时间最长的混合器。在运行期间，Bitcoin Fog 处理了“远远超过”120 万比特币，当时价值近 4 亿美元。

According to the DoJ's press release following Sterlingov's conviction, the majority of these Bitcoins originated from darknet marketplaces and were tied to "illegal narcotics, computer fraud and abuse activities, and identity theft." His service also catered to purveyors of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) through the notorious site Welcome to Video.

根据司法部在斯特林戈夫定罪后发布的新闻稿，这些比特币大部分来自暗网市场，并与“非法麻醉品、计算机欺诈和滥用活动以及身份盗窃”有关。他的服务还通过臭名昭著的网站“欢迎观看视频”来迎合儿童性虐待材料（CSAM）的提供者。

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco delivered a stern warning to those operating cryptocurrency services that reach the United States: "No matter where you operate, if your service reaches the United States, you must abide by U.S. law."

美国副总检察长丽莎·莫纳科向那些运营到达美国的加密货币服务的人发出严厉警告：“无论你在哪里运营，如果你的服务到达美国，就必须遵守美国法律。”

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty last year to the 2016 hack of the Bitfinex exchange, testified at Sterlingov's trial that Bitcoin Fog was one of the mixers he and his partner Heather 'Razzlekhan' Morgan used to launder their ill-gotten gains. However, Lichtenstein claimed that he later switched to other mixers that better suited his needs.

伊利亚·利希滕斯坦 (Ilya Lichtenstein) 去年对 2016 年 Bitfinex 交易所黑客攻击事件认罪，他在斯特林戈夫 (Sterlingov) 的审判中作证称，比特币雾 (Bitcoin Fog) 是他和合伙人希瑟·“拉兹勒汉”·摩根 (Heather ‘Razzlekhan’ Morgan) 用来清洗不义之财的混币器之一。然而，利希滕斯坦声称他后来改用了其他更适合他需求的混音器。

The global crackdown on coin mixing services continues unabated, with the ongoing prosecution of the individuals behind the Ethereum-based Tornado Cash mixer. Developer Alexey Pertsev, who was arrested in the Netherlands in August 2022, faces charges of laundering $1.2 billion in ETH between July 2019 and the time of his arrest.

全球对混币服务的打击力度有增无减，基于以太坊的 Tornado Cash 混币器背后的个人正在受到起诉。开发商 Alexey Pertsev 于 2022 年 8 月在荷兰被捕，他面临在 2019 年 7 月至被捕期间洗钱 12 亿美元 ETH 的指控。

Pertsev, a Russian national allegedly linked to Russian intelligence services, pleaded not guilty to the charges. His trial in the Netherlands was conducted over two days, with prosecutors seeking a 64-month sentence. The verdict is expected on May 14.

据称与俄罗斯情报部门有联系的俄罗斯国民佩尔采夫对这些指控表示不认罪。他在荷兰的审判持续了两天，检察官寻求 64 个月的刑期。预计将于 5 月 14 日作出判决。

While Pertsev expressed disappointment that criminals and rogue regimes like North Korea had embraced Tornado Cash, he claimed that he was merely responsible for writing the code and had no control over who used it. To attribute blame to him for the malicious activities enabled by his software, he argued, would be "unfair."

尽管佩尔采夫对朝鲜等犯罪分子和流氓政权接受龙卷风现金表示失望，但他声称自己只负责编写代码，无法控制谁使用它。他认为，将其软件引发的恶意活动归咎于他是“不公平的”。

Just prior to the filing of Storm's motion to dismiss the charges, blockchain analysts Elliptic reported that North Korea's infamous Lazarus Group hackers had employed Tornado Cash to launder over $100 million worth of tokens stolen from the HTX (formerly Huobi) exchange and its HECO cross-chain bridge. The timing of this illicit operation, beginning on March 13, raises significant concerns about the role of Tornado Cash in facilitating state-sponsored cybercrime.

就在 Storm 提出驳回指控的动议之前，区块链分析师 Elliptic 报告称，朝鲜臭名昭著的 Lazarus Group 黑客利用 Tornado Cash 洗白了从 HTX（前身为火币）交易所及其 HECO 交叉平台窃取的价值超过 1 亿美元的代币。链桥。这一非法行动从 3 月 13 日开始，引发了人们对 Tornado Cash 在促进国家支持的网络犯罪方面所扮演的角色的严重担忧。

The Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has further solidified the government's stance against coin mixers by formally designating them as "a class of transactions of primary money laundering concern." This declaration followed a plea from a bipartisan group of over 100 U.S. federal legislators to develop plans to prevent the use of crypto for terrorist financing after attacks on Israel by the Hamas terror group.

美国财政部金融犯罪执法网络 (FinCEN) 正式将混币器指定为“主要洗钱问题的一类交易”，进一步巩固了政府针对混币器的立场。在此声明之前，由 100 多名美国联邦立法者组成的两党团体呼吁制定计划，在哈马斯恐怖组织袭击以色列后防止使用加密货币进行恐怖分子融资。

Despite the Treasury Department's decisive action, a group of Ethereum users attempted to challenge the federal government's sanctions against Tornado Cash. Their appeal, however, was dismissed by the U.S. Fifth Circuit.

尽管财政部采取了果断行动，一群以太坊用户仍试图挑战联邦政府对 Tornado Cash 的制裁。然而，他们的上诉被美国第五巡回法院驳回。

The United States is not alone in its efforts to combat coin mixing services. European authorities played a significant role in last year's takedowns of ChipMixer and Sinbad, while the U.K.'s National Crime Agency has issued a stark warning to mixers to comply with money laundering laws or face the consequences.

美国并不是唯一一个努力打击混币服务的国家。欧洲当局在去年打击 ChipMixer 和 Sinbad 的行动中发挥了重要作用，而英国国家犯罪局则向混币者发出严厉警告，要求其遵守反洗钱法，否则将面临后果。

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has alerted Americans not to use "cryptocurrency money transmitting services that are not registered as Money Services Businesses (MSB) according to United States federal law and do not adhere to anti-money laundering requirements." The FBI's pointed reference to recent actions against unauthorized 'crypto' services underscores the government's unwavering commitment to protecting the financial system from illicit activities.

联邦调查局（FBI）警告美国人不要使用“未根据美国联邦法律注册为货币服务企业（MSB）且不遵守反洗钱要求的加密货币货币传输服务。”联邦调查局明确提及最近针对未经授权的“加密”服务采取的行动，突显了政府坚定不移地致力于保护金融体系免受非法活动的影响。

Law enforcement agencies worldwide will continue to target such businesses until they learn to abide by the law. The choice is clear: compliance with the law or a prison cell.

世界各地的执法机构将继续针对此类企业，直到他们学会遵守法律。选择很明确：遵守法律或牢房。