Prosecutors in New York are apparently considering whether to hand over their case against the Samorai-tuking book co-founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, according to a Monday dish.
In a joint letter to District Judge Richard Berman of the Southern District of New York (SDNY), both prosecutors and lawyers requested Rodriguez and Hill that the case was awarded a 16-day continuation, or extension, “while the government decides its position” in response to the defense’s request for the case to be rejected in accordance with the staff in us. Todd Blanche’s recently MEMO to the department of the department of the department to be rejected) (DOJ) Personnel (DOJ) The staff (doj) staff (doj) staff (doj) staff (doj) staff (doj) staff (doj) staff (doj) staff (doj) staff (doj) staff (doj) staff (doj) staff (doj) staff (doj) staff (doj) (DOJ) Personnel (DOJ) Personnel (DOJ) Personnel (DOJ) staff.
In his memo on April 7, Blanche announced that DOJ’s Crypto Unit, National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) would be dissolved, and instructed staff to no longer bring cases against crypto exchanges, mixing services or offline wallets “for their end -user’s actions or unresolved violations of rules.”
Blanche ordered any ongoing investigations that are incompatible with this new policy to be closed, and said his office would work with DOJ’s criminal department to “review continuous cases of consistency with this policy.”
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Three days after Blanche’s Memo, lawyers sent to Hill and Rodriguez a letter to SDNY prosecutors who “requested dismissal of the replaced charge under the Blanche memo,” according to Monday’s submission on April 24 met the parties to discuss the request.
Last April, Rodriguez and Hill were accused of conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to run an unlicensed money transmitting business. The charges have a maximum penalty of 20 years and five years respectively. Prosecutors said Samorai Wallet had relieved about $ 2 billion in “illegal transactions” between 2015 and 2024, with the couple collecting a total of $ 4.5 million in fees.