Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm has petitioned a judge to drop the criminal charges against him after an appeals court found the Treasury unlawfully sanctioned the crypto mixer.
In an interesting development, the US courts have sentenced a crypto mixer operator from Ohio to jail. This development comes amidst active enforcement actions by US prosecutors on crypto mixers due to their reported role in aiding money laundering, hacks, and other illicit activities. Related Reading: No Bail For Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev, Dutch […]
In the latest development in the ongoing prosecution of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm, the presiding judge has adjourned the much-awaited trial until April 2025. This decision will see the money laundering and sanctions violations charges against the crypto developer drag on for at least the next five months. Mandamus Petition Trial Still Set For […]
Roman Storm, currently free on bail and facing three federal charges, will have another four months to prepare for his criminal trial.
Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s upcoming criminal trial has been pushed to April instead of a previously scheduled December start date, a New York judge ruled Friday.
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has drawn much applause by donating a substantial amount of assets in legal aid of the Tornado Cash developers. Notably, this act comes after the prominent crypto figure stirred the market’s attention with a massive sell-off from his memecoin holdings. Related Reading: US Congress Will Be Key In Defining Crypto […]
The fund had raised about 591 ETH at the time of this publication and will support the legal defense of Tornado Cash developers in their court battle to prove their innocence.
If the Justice Dept. prevails in the case against the cryptocurrency mixer, internet service providers and the post office may also be liable to transmitter requirements, they said.
There was a lot of news last week, but maybe the biggest news came Wednesday when the U.S. Department of Justice arrested two co-founders of Samourai Wallet, a bitcoin wallet that offered mixing services. The arrest ramps up the federal government's efforts to tamp down on what it sees as money laundering enabled by privacy tools, and sets up a continuation of that broader conversation on where the right to transact in privacy fits within national security interests.
In a rapidly developing case, three cryptocurrency advocacy groups have filed amicus briefs in support of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, who has been indicted for his role in the creation and operation of the prominent crypto mixer platform. Storm, who has since been apprehended by US authorities, had earlier filed for a motion to […]
The co-founder of Tornado Cash, Roman Storm, has filed a motion to dismiss the charges levied against him by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Southern District of New York. In a petition submitted on March 29, Storm’s lawyers have laid out several arguments to secure the freedom of the client, including invoking the First […]
Roman Storm’s lawyers argued that the charges are “fatally flawed” and must be dismissed, given “there was nothing” Storm could have done to prevent sanctioned entities from using the crypto mixer.