On November 6, 2025. Keonne Rodriguez, the co-founder of the cryptocurrency mixer Samourai Wallet, was sentenced for to 60 months in federal prison for the crime of conspiring to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business in violation of 18 U.S.C § 371. The two-count indictment, filed on February 14, 2024, alleged that Defendants Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill developed, marketed, and operated a cryptocurrency mixing service know as Samourai Wallet, an unlicensed money transmitting business [...]

Having a criminal record affects immigration. If you have been convicted of a crime in the U.S. or another country, your criminal history could negatively affect your ability to live in the U.S. if you are not a U.S. citizen. This is true even if you are a permanent resident or legally in the U.S. in another status. A criminal record affects immigration and could result in you being placed in removal proceedings and [...]

The Supreme Court of the United States' decision last week in Esteras v. United States1 restricted the factors lower courts may consider in imposing prison sentences following supervised release revocations. Those awaiting the Court's decision vigorously deliberated the extent to which the Court would constrain district judges' ability to sentence supervised release offenders based on past bad behavior, rather than on "forward-looking" factors. With Esteras decided, the practical impact on individual defendants—in the white-collar crime context and elsewhere—is [...]