Another item in question was he sanctioned as an illegal MTB?
I don't think so right?
Only as conspiring to launder money?
Discussion
ML and sanction violations I believe.
I believe one of the indictments in the Tornado Cash case did have to do with MTB. The defense recently filed a motion to dismiss based on the fact that tornado cash had no “control” of user funds and the US DOJ’s response was that “control” is not required to be a MTB
Makes sense, users don't run their own nodes in ethereum.
I wonder how that shit worked if not with a centralized node like Samourai operated.
Sounds pretty centralized.
The common denominator is that someone was profiting off the mixing and therefore had culpability
Two common denominators:
Running a server/node which users could use on their behalf + profiting.
They also claim that MTs have a responsibility to put in place AML curtails - which obv weren't there & the RZN wasabi did it preemptively, bc it's the law unfortunately.
You just can't be labeled as an MT.
So yeah profiting is already a shot in the head.