The US Department of Justice has apprehended the co-founders of Samourai Wallet on accusations of money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transfer business.

美國司法部逮捕了 Samourai Wallet 的共同創辦人，罪名是洗錢和經營未經許可的匯款業務。

Samourai Wallet's CEO, Keonne Rodriguez, and Chief Technology Officer, William Lonergan Hull, allegedly facilitated $2 billion in illicit transactions. They also face charges of laundering funds on the dark web.

Samourai Wallet 的執行長 Keonne Rodriguez 和首席技術長 William Lonergan Hull 涉嫌協助進行了 20 億美元的非法交易。他們還面臨在暗網上洗錢的指控。

Today, the #FBI, IRS, and partners apprehended the founders of the Samourai Wallet cryptocurrency service, which permitted criminals to launder over $1.7B in funds. Read more about FBI Cyber's ongoing mission to terminate fraudulent crypto services. https://t.co/zUBgiSLhjP
— FBI (@FBI) April 24, 2024

今天，#FBI、IRS 和合作夥伴逮捕了 Samourai Wallet 加密貨幣服務的創始人，該服務允許犯罪分子洗錢超過 1.7B 美元。詳細了解 FBI Cyber​​ 終止詐欺性加密服務的持續使命。 https://t.co/zUBgiSLhjP — FBI (@FBI) 2024 年 4 月 24 日

According to the indictment, the pair "knowingly facilitated the laundering of over $100 million in criminal proceeds from Silk Road, Hydra Market, and a multitude of other computer hacking and fraud schemes."

根據起訴書，兩人「故意協助洗錢來自 Silk Road、Hydra Market 以及眾多其他電腦駭客和詐欺計劃的超過 1 億美元的犯罪所得」。

The prosecution additionally cites "Whirlpool," a crypto-mixing service provided by Samourai. It alleges that the duo solicited criminals to launder money on the platform via a private message on X (Twitter).

檢方還引用了 Samourai 提供的加密貨幣混合服務「Whirlpool」。據稱，兩人透過 X（推特）上的私人資訊在該平台上招攬犯罪分子進行洗錢。

Rodriguez has been arrested in the US and is scheduled to appear before a Pennsylvanian judge. The US government is also seeking the extradition of Hull, who was apprehended in Portugal. The Samourai Wallet app has been removed from the Google Play Store.

羅德里格斯已在美國被捕，並計劃在賓州法官面前出庭。美國政府還在尋求引渡在葡萄牙被捕的赫爾。 Samourai 錢包應用程式已從 Google Play 商店中刪除。

Crypto Market Declines

加密貨幣市場下滑

The news of the Samourai Wallet co-founders' arrest sparked market volatility, resulting in price drops for Bitcoin and numerous altcoins.

Samourai Wallet 聯合創始人被捕的消息引發了市場波動，導致比特幣和許多山寨幣價格下跌。

BTC has decreased by 3.78% over the past 24 hours, trading at $63,971 as of 08:19 EST. Ether, the largest altcoin, has also experienced a 4.61% price decline, currently trading at $3,128.

截至美國東部時間 08:19，BTC 在過去 24 小時內下跌了 3.78%，交易價格為 63,971 美元。最大的山寨幣以太幣價格也下跌了 4.61%，目前交易價格為 3,128 美元。

DOGE, the leading memecoin, has witnessed a 7.5% price drop, while PEPE has declined by almost 5% and WIF has plummeted by over 15%.

領先的模因幣 DOGE 的價格下跌了 7.5%，而 PEPE 下跌了近 5%，WIF 暴跌超過 15%。

Coinglass reports that the price decline has led to the liquidation of $208 million worth of long positions from the crypto market within the last 24 hours.

Coinglass 報告稱，價格下跌導致過去 24 小時內加密貨幣市場價值 2.08 億美元的多頭部位被清算。

Some members of the crypto community have criticized the arrests, arguing that the two developers could face imprisonment merely for writing code.

加密貨幣社群的一些成員批評了逮捕行動，認為這兩名開發人員可能僅僅因為編寫程式碼而面臨監禁。

The developers of Samourai were arrested this morning.
One extradited from Portugal.
Samourai is a bitcoin wallet that makes bitcoin private.
These developers face up to 25 yrs in prison for writing code.
The US is sending a message.
No transaction will be private. pic.twitter.com/GupLtMuHD8
— RYAN SΞAN ADAMS – rsa.eth 🦄 (@RyanSAdams) April 24, 2024

Samourai 的開發者今天早上被捕。一名從葡萄牙引渡。 Samourai 是一款讓比特幣變得私密的比特幣錢包。這些開發人員因編寫程式碼而面臨最高 25 年的監禁。美國正在發出訊息。任何交易都不會是私人的。 pic.twitter.com/GupLtMuHD8 — RYAN SΞAN ADAMS – rsa.eth 🦄 (@RyanSAdams) 2024 年 4 月 24 日

Last year, Tornado Cash co-founders Roman Storm and Roman Semenov were also charged with facilitating money laundering.

去年，Tornado Cash 聯合創始人 Roman Storm 和 Roman Semenov 也被指控協助洗錢。

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