Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of the money mixer Samourai, was sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of the cryptocurrency mixer Samourai Wallet, has been sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering, including for laundering hundreds of millions of dollars from illicit dark web transactions and fraud schemes. Rodriguez was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote. The sentence is the maximum penalty for conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transfer business, and Rodriguez has pleaded guilty to the charge. (TheBlock)