The co-founder of the cryptocurrency mixing tool Samourai Wallet has been sentenced to five years in prison

According to Bloomberg, a federal court in New York has sentenced Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez to five years in prison for conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transfer business. He had previously reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and agreed to forfeit $237 million in assets and pay a $400,000 fine along with another co-founder. The case involves using mixing services to launder funds from the dark web and scams.