Samourai Wallet founders arrested and infrastructure seized
U.S. authorities arrest Samourai Wallet's founders and seize service infrastructure, opening a major legal confrontation over Bitcoin privacy tools.
On April 24, 2024, Samourai Wallet founders arrested and infrastructure seized. U.S. authorities arrest Samourai Wallet's founders and seize service infrastructure, opening a major legal confrontation over Bitcoin privacy tools.
The indictment alleged that the founders operated an unlicensed money-transmitting business and conspired to launder criminal proceeds. Samourai was also widely used as a Bitcoin privacy wallet, making the case consequential for the boundary between software, coordination and regulated financial activity.
The event provides a distinct historical marker within Bitcoin's 2024 institutional, technical, legal or cultural development.