TechFlow, May 6 — According to Cointelegraph, on May 5, the legal team representing the founder of cryptocurrency mixing service Samourai Wallet sent a letter to the Manhattan federal court, revealing that prosecutors may have concealed critical evidence. It was reported that six months prior to the indictment, the U.S. Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) explicitly stated that Samourai Wallet did not need to obtain an MSB (Money Services Business) license. Nevertheless, prosecutors charged the founder with "operating without a license" and withheld this key information for over a year and a half.
The two defendants, Rodriguez and Hill, were previously accused of facilitating over $2 billion in illicit transactions. The defense team has now requested the court to hold a hearing regarding the prosecution's delayed disclosure of evidence and stated it will refile motions to dismiss the charges.
