2 founders of a crypto mixer charged with laundering funds from the dark web

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• The cofounders of crypto mixer Samourai Wallet were charged with money laundering.
• The service anonymized hundreds of millions of dollars for dark web criminals, prosecutors said.
• Samourai's cofounders invited the laundering, prosecutors allege.

The cofounders of a cryptocurrency mixing service called Samourai Wallet — which rendered crypto transactions anonymous — have been arrested and charged with money laundering, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday.