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US charges Samourai cryptomixer founders for laundering $100 million

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Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2024-04-24

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Sergiu Gatlan

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The U.S. Department of Justice has charged the founders of the Samourai cryptocurrency mixer, alleging the service laundered over $100 million for criminals and that its Whirlpool and Ricochet services processed more than $2 billion in illicit funds; authorities seized domains and servers, removed the Android app, and arrested the operators on money-laundering and unlicensed money-transmission charges.

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