In July, the developer of Tornado Cash, Roman Storm, will stand trial in the United States. However, a federal judge has refused to compel the U.S. Department of Justice to scrutinize their files regarding this case.
In her decision made on Friday, Judge Katherine Polk Failla chose not to compel the Department of Justice to examine documents they possess which could potentially benefit the legal team representing Roman Storm, a developer associated with Tornado Cash (TORN).
As the trial for the developer, set for July 2025, approaches, the judge’s decision has been announced, according to a report by CoinDesk.
The judge remarked that he won’t ask for another evaluation since the presented information indicates no more such material exists, and personally, he doesn’t consider the provided material as helpful in clearing anyone of wrongdoing.
The judge’s ruling is crucial because if it determines that prosecutors didn’t provide all necessary information to Storm’s lawyers, this omission might have influenced the defense’s arguments at the trial.
In a trial, it’s essential for prosecutors to disclose all relevant information to the defendant, so they can effectively build their defense. Storm is scheduled for trial as the DOJ has announced this month that they will indeed prosecute the co-founder of the Ethereum mixer.
The decision was made several weeks following the distribution of a memorandum by the government, which indicated that the Department of Justice would stop pursuing legal action against cryptocurrency blending platforms.
Instead, the focus of prosecution will shift towards individuals in the industry who misuse these services for criminal activities such as money laundering – often referred to as “unscrupulous actors” or simply “bad actors”. The Department of Justice’s efforts won’t primarily target the platforms themselves, but rather the wrongdoers.
In August 2023, the Department of Justice accused both Roman Storm and co-founder Roman Semenov (of Tornado Cash) for running a money-mixing service and laundering over a billion dollars in funds.
This year in February, the Dutch court discharged Alexey Pertsev, a programmer from Tornado Cash, who was apprehended in Amsterdam back in August 2022.
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2025-05-30 23:13