Samourai Wallet co-founder appeals for donations to pay $2M legal fees
Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez said mounting legal debt and fading pardon hopes could force him to serve his full prison sentence.
Keonne Rodriguez, one of the developers behind the crypto-mixing protocol Samourai Wallet, is appealing to the crypto community for donations to help cover legal bills and fines tied to his trial over money laundering.
Samourai Wallet co-founders Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill were sentenced on Nov. 19 to five and four years in prison, respectively, on charges stemming from their involvement in the protocol.
Rodriguez said in an X post on Wednesday that he desperately needs help after being “financially wiped out,” accruing $2 million in debt from legal fees and a $250,000 fine imposed by the sentencing judge.
