Cryptohack Roundup: Samourai Execs, Crypto CEO Sentenced

Also: Obama Twitter Hacker Ordered to Forfeit $5.3 Million Rashmi Ramesh (rashmiramesh_) • November 20, 2025

Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, Samourai Wallet founders and Oklahoma Crypto CEO sentenced, Obama Twitter hacker ordered to forfeit stolen funds, Chicago crypto ATM CEO charged and the White House is reviewing a rule expanding IRS crypto oversight.

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Samourai Wallet co-founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill received prison sentences for running an unlicensed money-transmitting business that laundered more than $237 million in criminal proceeds.

Manhattan federal Judge Denise L. Cote sentenced Rodriguez to five years in prison and Hill to four, along with fines, supervised release and more than $6.3 million in forfeiture.

Prosecutors said the pair built and operated Samourai as a cryptocurrency mixer designed to hide illicit funds, using two ...