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- The cofounders of crypto mixer Samourai Wallet were charged with money laundering.
- The service anonymized hundreds of millions of dollars for dark web criminals, prosecutors said.
- Samourai's cofounders invited the laundering, prosecutors allege.
The cofounders of a cryptocurrency mixing service called Samourai Wallet — which rendered crypto transactions anonymous — have been arrested and charged with money laundering, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday.
Prosecutors for the Southern District of New York claimed the crypto mixer made $2 billion worth of transactions untraceable, and that its founders — Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill — knew criminals were using the service to launder funds.