[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  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  XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [coins privacy](/topic/coins-privacy) [money](/topic/money) [$1b](/topic/$1b) [accounting](/topic/accounting) [Post Link](https://x.com/CryptoWendyO/status/1948865846333637110)
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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"
-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
XXXXX engagements
Related Topics coins privacy money $1b accounting
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