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![AudreyNesbitt11 Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::172499262.png) Altcoin Audrey [@AudreyNesbitt11](/creator/twitter/AudreyNesbitt11) on x 6349 followers
Created: 2025-07-15 01:20:39 UTC

Here are some points for the discussion 👇           Tornado Cash Trial – Key Points
🧑‍⚖️ Roman Storm Trial

Begins July 14, 2025, in SDNY.

Charges: money laundering, unlicensed money transmission, sanctions violations.

Faces up to XX years if convicted.

⚖️ Legal Arguments

Prosecution: Tornado Cash enabled laundering (esp. by North Korea’s Lazarus Group), Storm profited from it.

Defense: Storm just wrote open-source code; no control after 2020; code = free speech.

📌 Judge’s Rulings

OFAC sanctions reversal (Van Loon case) excluded from trial.

Evidence allowed: Storm’s profits, TORN token sales, co-founder’s phone data.

References to Lazarus Group allowed but must be limited.

🌍 Related Cases

Co-founder Alexey Pertsev convicted in Netherlands (5+ years); appealing.

Roman Semenov still at large (FBI wanted list).

💸 Legal & Community Support

Storm’s legal costs may hit $3.5M; fundraising ongoing.

Backed by crypto legal defense groups.

⚠️ Broader Implications

Big test for dev liability, open-source rights, and crypto privacy tools.

Could set precedent for how decentralized tools are treated under US law.


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