According to Golden Finance, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied Samourai Wallet founder Keonne Rodriguez's request to modify his bail conditions. The prosecution presented Rodriguez's handwritten "escape preparation" notes as evidence, detailing travel plans and emergency supplies.

Rodriguez's lawyer argued these were merely general emergency plans, but the prosecution contended they were an active escape scheme. Previously, Rodriguez and co-founder William Lonergan Hill were arrested in April for operating an unregistered money transmitting business, involving $2 billion in illegal transactions and $100 million in money laundering. The founders' lawyers cited letters from two senators in May criticizing the Department of Justice for overinterpreting non-custodial cryptocurrency software services.