According to @PANewsCN, a New York federal court sentenced Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez to five years in prison for conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, source: PANews; Bloomberg. Rodriguez had reached a plea deal and, together with another co-founder, agreed to forfeit $237 million in assets and pay a $400,000 fine, source: PANews; Bloomberg. The case involves laundering darknet and scam proceeds through a mixing service, making it a key enforcement development for crypto compliance risk monitoring, source: PANews; Bloomberg. The sources did not specify any immediate market impact, but the ruling formally establishes significant legal penalties and forfeiture exposure tied to mixer operations in the U.S., source: PANews; Bloomberg.

According to @jchervinsky, the head of the DOJ's Criminal Division will speak at a crypto conference tomorrow and take questions from @amandatums, source: @jchervinsky. The session is highlighted as important for those tracking the Roman Storm case and the DOJ's use of Section 1960 to prosecute non-custodial software developers, source: @jchervinsky. The author urges stakeholders to tune in, underscoring the significance of enforcement themes that market participants follow, source: @jchervinsky.