by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 5 – In another crypto industry prosecution by DOJ, on April 29 crypto-mixed Samourai Wallet's Keonne Rodriguez was presented and released on bond in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Court, where Inner City Press was the only media present.
Rodriguez, 35, was released on $1 million bond, to be secured by a property at 610 Wood Street, Harmony, PA 16037.
Of note are the conditions of release: "(i) Defendant is not to operate, work for, or perform services for Samourai Wallet. (ii) Defendant is not to engage in any cryptocurrency transactions, directly or indirectly, w/o prior approval of PTS and the Government. (iii) Defendant is to have no contact with his co-defendant, directly or indirectly, except in the presence of counsel."
His co-defendant William Hill was arrested in Portugal and would, DOJ said, be extradited.
On July 9, the US opposed Hill's request to be bailed out to Portugal. The requests has two sealed letters of the type usually made public; it also includes a letter on crypto to AG Merrick Garland from Senators Lummis and Wyden that cites the Roman Storm / Tornado Cash case, letter now on Patreon here.
Hill was ordered allowed to leave SDNY with three apartments put up and, in a letter later on July 10, to travel to Portugal with an iPhone to track location, and GPS or "additional conditions" there.
On March 18, 2025 a schedule: "as to Keonne Rodriguez, William Lonergan Hill held on 3/18/2025. Motion schedule set as follows: defense motion by 5/9/25; government response by 6/6/25; defense reply by 6/20/25; oral argument, if necessary, scheduled for 7/16/25."
On May 5, the defense wrote in that "on May 2, 2025, the Government produced certain emails from August 2023 concerning its call with FinCEN, including the one cited above and attached at Exhibit A. But the prosecutors declined to provide any information about the decision not to disclose the evidence, the timing of the eventual disclosure, or any explanation for why this evidence had been suppressed for over a year. The Defendants accordingly request a hearing - filing on Patreon here
Like Do Kwon and other crypto cases, Inner City Press will cover the case.
It is US v. Rodriguez, et al., 24-cr-82 (Berman / Netburn)
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