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![CryptoWendyO Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::935742315389444096.png) Wendy O [@CryptoWendyO](/creator/twitter/CryptoWendyO) on x 439.2K followers
Created: 2025-07-25 22:00:00 UTC

"How SDNY Saved Its Opening Witness With A XXX Year Old Accounting Method"

- Aug. 2022: OFAC sanctioned Tornado for allegedly facilitating over $1B in illicit funds laundering

-Treasury argues that Tornado is a money laundering platform aiding sanctions evasion

-Privacy advocates argue code = speech

-they argue Tornado is a neutral tool

-Roman Storm (co-developer) arrested in Aug. 2023

-charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, sanctions violations, and operating an unlicensed money transmitter

-Faces potential decades-long sentence if convicted

-Defense argues Tornado is autonomous software, not a service Storm controlled

-No direct customer service or control post-deployment

-Prosecution of devs for open-source code threatens fundamental principles

-First major case on developer liability for privacy tools

-Core question in the case: Is publishing privacy-preserving smart contracts a crime if illicit actors use them?

-Case has implications for: Open-source devs globally, Privacy rights vs. AML enforcement and future mixer development

● Current trial issues:

-Government’s opening witness tied her scam losses to Tornado using tracing via “Payback”

-Payback is a decentralized group aiming to support the legal defense of the devs

-Sleuths dispute the tracing, showing no direct link to Tornado

-IRS Special Agent Stephan George used other methods to claim funds touched Tornado, preserving the testimony

-IRS Special Agent George, tasked with tracing the Government's first witness' funds to Tornado Cash, testifies that he does not know what crypto[.]com is, doesn't know the difference between ERC-20 and ETH

Source: therage

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CryptoWendyO Avatar Wendy O @CryptoWendyO on x 439.2K followers Created: 2025-07-25 22:00:00 UTC

"How SDNY Saved Its Opening Witness With A XXX Year Old Accounting Method"

  • Aug. 2022: OFAC sanctioned Tornado for allegedly facilitating over $1B in illicit funds laundering

-Treasury argues that Tornado is a money laundering platform aiding sanctions evasion

-Privacy advocates argue code = speech

-they argue Tornado is a neutral tool

-Roman Storm (co-developer) arrested in Aug. 2023

-charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, sanctions violations, and operating an unlicensed money transmitter

-Faces potential decades-long sentence if convicted

-Defense argues Tornado is autonomous software, not a service Storm controlled

-No direct customer service or control post-deployment

-Prosecution of devs for open-source code threatens fundamental principles

-First major case on developer liability for privacy tools

-Core question in the case: Is publishing privacy-preserving smart contracts a crime if illicit actors use them?

-Case has implications for: Open-source devs globally, Privacy rights vs. AML enforcement and future mixer development

● Current trial issues:

-Government’s opening witness tied her scam losses to Tornado using tracing via “Payback”

-Payback is a decentralized group aiming to support the legal defense of the devs

-Sleuths dispute the tracing, showing no direct link to Tornado

-IRS Special Agent Stephan George used other methods to claim funds touched Tornado, preserving the testimony

-IRS Special Agent George, tasked with tracing the Government's first witness' funds to Tornado Cash, testifies that he does not know what crypto[.]com is, doesn't know the difference between ERC-20 and ETH

Source: therage

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