Samourai Wallet Prosecutors Say Delayed FinCEN Disclosure Wasn’t a Brady Violation

Prosecutors in the Samourai Wallet case have denied accusations that they suppressed critical evidence in their criminal case against the crypto mixing service’s two co-founders, Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill.In a letter to the court filed Friday, prosecutors urged Judge Richard Berman of the Southern District of New York (SDNY) to deny Rodriguez and Hill’s recent motion for a hearing to litigate the government’s tardy disclosure of a conversation between prosecutors and the Financial Services Enforcement Network (FinCEN). In that conversation, which took place six months before charges were filed, FinCEN officials told prosecutors that Samourai Wallet didn’t meet their definition of a money transmitting business and thus didn’t need a license to operate.Despite FinCEN’s guidance, prosecutors went ahead with their case, charging both Rodriguez and Hill with one count each of conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/05/09/samourai-wallet-prosecutors-say-delayed-fincen-disclosure-wasn-t-a-brady-violation