Prosecution in Samulai Wallet Case confirms it does not violate Brady Rules

In a letter filed today in the Southern New York Region (SDNY), prosecutors in the Samulai Wallet case said they did not refuse evidence of judgment and asked the judge to reject the defense’s request for a hearing, discussing the later disclosure of key information that prosecutors had obtained from Fincen about two years ago.

Earlier this week, the defense noted in a letter that they were informed that Fincen “strongly recommended” Samourai Wallet’s discussions among certain Fincen members (about the non-monitoring nature of the discussions between these members, which was not a money delivery business (about the discussions between these members), and was held on August 23, 2023 on August 23, 2023.

Because of a Brady Motion submitted by the defense. (This type of sports Brady v. Maryland The Supreme Court case occurred in 1963. The case was established Brady Rules, which provide for the provision of exploitative evidence to national defense so that it can be used as part of due process. )

Given that one of the two charges faced by Samourai developers is conspiracy to run an unlicensed currency transfer business, some believe that the new information disclosure may be a reason to dismiss the case.

No dismissal, no hearing

However, prosecutors’ letter today pointed out that they had no intention of revoking the case and did not feel the hearing requested by the defense was necessary.

“There is no basis for hearings, and no remedy: the disclosure itself shows that the government has not violated it. BradyThe prosecutor pointed out in the letter. “The government disclosed all known substantive communications between the prosecution panel and Fincen, following a pretrial motion and trial in the previous few months.”

Prosecutors added that they planned to carry out the case, highlighting the second allegation: conspiracy to launder money.

Samourai is allegedly excluding other sources of crime: illegal Darkweb markets such as the Silk Road and Hydra markets; various effective fraud and computer fraud schemes that have caused crimes, which have caused criminal resources; deprived victims of various effective fraud and computer fraud schemes, including intrusion of network services, including spear-style phishing schemes, and dispatched a program and written multiple minors;

Fade Fincen’s input

Furthermore, prosecutors claimed that they had not disclosed the facts of communication with Fincen until recently that they had nothing to do with the case, as many of the alleged behaviors do not rely on Fincen regulations.

They also downplayed the importance of sharing with Fincen employees who spoke to prosecutors: Kevin O’Conner (the emerging technology division of Fincen’s virtual assets and emerging technology division in law enforcement and compliance division) and Lorena Valente (the employee of the policy division when she spoke to prosecutors).

Prosecutors referred to O’Conner and Valente’s opinions as “personal, informal and warning” and added that they had provided “substantive email communications between the Prosecution Panel and Fincen in relation to the August 23, 2023 call.”

They went on to point out: “Individual employees of Fincen did not speak on behalf of Fincen, they did not provide Fincen’s opinion, and they “whether the decision of Fincen would decide whether to submit this issue to the Fincen Policy Committee.” ”

No Brady violation

In the final part of the letter, prosecutors asserted that they did not violate the law norms because they did not call Fincen during the pre-trial process in certain details of August 23, 2023.

“Records show no Brady In this case, the violation. ” the prosecutor wrote.

“The government disclosed the contents of this informal dialogue to the defense before the pre-trial motion and responded to the request for information about seven months before the trial,” they added. “No more is needed.”

Finally, according to the defense-owned Second Circuit ruling, the prosecutor also mentioned in the letter Brady The government deprived the defense of due process in a timely and timely manner.

What’s next?

It is not clear when Judge Berman will respond to today’s letter of prosecution.

The defense’s opening motion was scheduled to take place today, but it has been postponed for two weeks. A week after the motion is started, the prosecution will respond to the defense’s opening motion.

As of the last pre-trial hearing, the prosecutor plans to provide its expert disclosure on July 15, 2025, and the defense is expected to provide their disclosure by August 8, 2025.

The trial is scheduled to begin on November 3, 2025.

If you want to donate to the defence fund of Samulai developers, you can do so through the P2P Rights Foundation.