RYU

not420guilty

I hope you are joking. Chokepoint 2.0 During the Biden administration, the Department of Justice (DOJ) significantly expanded its enforcement to target privacy-focused cryptocurrency tools, specifically mixers and non-custodial wallets. These cases have sparked intense debate over whether writing and maintaining open-source code can be criminalized as "money transmission." ## Tornado Cash: Roman Storm & [Alexey Pertsev](https://www.google.com/search?q=alexey+pertsev&kgmid=/g/11s9bw7_dd#sv=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_Cw) [1] Tornado Cash, a decentralized mixing protocol on Ethereum, was a primary target for allegedly facilitating over $1 billion in money laundering, including for the North Korean Lazarus Group. [2, 3] * Roman Storm: Arrested in Washington state in August 2023. In August 2025, a jury found him guilty of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business. However, the jury deadlocked on more serious charges of money laundering and sanctions violations, leading to a partial mistrial on those counts. * [Alexey Pertsev](https://www.google.com/search?q=alexey+pertsev&kgmid=/g/11s9bw7_dd#sv=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): While the Biden administration's DOJ pursued charges in the U.S., Pertsev was arrested in the Netherlands in 2022 and sentenced to 64 months (5 years and 4 months) in prison in May 2024 for money laundering related to the protocol. * Roman Semenov: A third co-founder who was indicted alongside Storm but currently remains at large. [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] ## Samourai Wallet & Whirlpool: Keonne Rodriguez & William Hill In April 2024, the DOJ arrested the founders of Samourai Wallet, a Bitcoin-focused privacy application. This case was notable because it targeted a non-custodial wallet—where users keep their own private keys—for its built-in mixing features, Whirlpool and Ricochet. [10, 11, 12] * Keonne Rodriguez (CEO): Arrested in Pennsylvania and pleaded guilty in 2025 to conspiracy to operate a money-transmitting business. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison in November 2025. * William Lonergan Hill (CTO): Arrested in Portugal and extradited to the U.S.. He also pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 4 years in prison in November 2025. * Allegations: Prosecutors argued that despite being "non-custodial," the developers actively marketed the service as "money laundering for bitcoin" and charged fees to facilitate the obscuring of over $2 billion in transactions. [10, 12, 13, 14, 15] ## Other Privacy-Related Arrests * Roman Sterlingov (Bitcoin Fog): The operator of one of the longest-running Bitcoin mixers was convicted in 2024 and sentenced to 150 months (12.5 years) for laundering hundreds of millions of dollars from darknet markets. [16] Would you like to know more about the legal defense funds for these developers or the appeals currently moving through the courts? [1] [https://www.wired.com](https://www.wired.com/story/tornado-cash-money-laundering-case-crypto-privacy/) [2] [https://www.justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founder-tornado-cash-crypto-mixing-service-convicted-knowingly-transmitting-criminal) [3] [https://www.fbi.gov](https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/tornado-cash-co-founders-accused-of-helping-cybercriminals-launder-stolen-crypto) [4] [https://www.justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/tornado-cash-founders-charged-money-laundering-and-sanctions-violations) [5] [https://www.venable.com](https://www.venable.com/insights/publications/2025/09/cryptocurrency-victory-amid-a-shifting-political) [6] [https://www.mayerbrown.com](https://www.mayerbrown.com/en/insights/publications/2025/08/the-tornado-cash-trials-mixed-verdict-implications-for-developer-liability) [7] [https://www.reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-scraps-sanctions-tornado-cash-crypto-mixer-accused-laundering-north-korea-2025-03-21/) [8] [https://www.asisonline.org](https://www.asisonline.org/security-management-magazine/articles/2024/06/legal-report/) [9] [https://therecord.media](https://therecord.media/tornado-cash-money-laundering-conviction) [10] [https://www.justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-samourai-wallet-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-sentenced-five-and-four-years) [11] [https://www.moneylaunderingnews.com](https://www.moneylaunderingnews.com/2025/12/the-prosecution-of-samourai-wallet-developers-expanding-the-reach-of-crypto-enforcement/) [12] [https://finance.yahoo.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-confirms-samourai-bitcoin-wasn-064035236.html) [13] [https://www.justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-and-ceo-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-arrested-and-charged-money-laundering) [14] [https://www.irs.gov](https://www.irs.gov/compliance/criminal-investigation/founders-of-samourai-wallet-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-plead-guilty#:~:text=Rodriguez%2C%20of%20Harmony%2C%20Pennsylvania%2C%20and%20Hill%2C%20a,Rodriguez%20and%20Hill%20agreed%20to%20forfeit%20$237%2C832%2C360.55.) [15] [https://www.justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/media/1349321/dl) [16] [https://globalinvestigationsreview.com](https://globalinvestigationsreview.com/guide/the-guide-anti-money-laundering/third-edition/article/us-government-cracks-down-money-laundering-through-digital-assets)

defiCosmos

Thats what meme coins do somtimes and thats why people buy them. RYU is up 406.1% and trading at $0.000000040055 today. Take a look 👉 https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ryujin This is one did that thing.

ForgottenPoopSock

$KAI KEN, $KENDU, $HEGE, $ANDY, $HINU, $RYU are my picks. Dyor