Key facts
- Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez faces another prison transfer.
- Rodriguez and 70 others will be moved from FCI McKean due to the deactivation of its drug treatment program.
- Rodriguez is serving a five-year sentence for conspiring to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business.
- The Justice Department stated Rodriguez and Samourai co-founder William Lonergan Hill transmitted over $237 million in criminal proceeds.
- Rodriguez described his previous 30-day transfer as the "absolute worst 30 days" of his life.
Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez is set to be transferred again from FCI McKean, as the facility's drug treatment program has been deactivated. Rodriguez announced on X that he and approximately 70 other program participants will be moved to facilities where treatment options remain available. Completing the program could have reduced his sentence by up to a year. Rodriguez is currently serving a five-year sentence after pleading guilty to conspiring to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business. The Justice Department alleged that he and co-founder William Lonergan Hill transmitted over $237 million in criminal proceeds through the service. Rodriguez previously described his journey from FPC Morgantown to McKean, a drive of about four hours, as the "absolute worst 30 days" of his life, detailing harsh conditions during transit including being flown to Oklahoma City and held in a transfer facility.