• Federal prosecutors have filed a 113-page brief asking US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla to reject Storm’s motion to overturn his August 2025 conviction for illegally running a money-transmitting business
• Back in August 2022, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Tornado Cash, accusing it of facilitating over $7 billion in illicit crypto laundering
• If the courts uphold that deploying or maintaining code equals operating a money-transmitting business, it could create major legal problems for the developers of privacy tools and crypto mixers

Federal prosecutors have filed a 113-page brief asking US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla to reject Roman Storm’s motion to overturn his August 2025 conviction for illegally running a money-transmitting business.

The jury at the time was deadlocked on two more serious charges, money l…

Read The Full Article DOJ Rejects Roman Storm’s Plea as Tornado Cash Verdict Will Stand On Coin Edition.

• Federal prosecutors have filed a 113-page brief asking US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla to reject Storm’s motion to overturn his August 2025 conviction for illegally running a money-transmitting business
• Back in August 2022, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Tornado Cash, accusing it of facilitating over $7 billion in illicit crypto laundering
• If the courts uphold that deploying or maintaining code equals operating a money-transmitting business, it could create major legal problems for the developers of privacy tools and crypto mixers

Federal prosecutors have filed a 113-page brief asking US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla to reject Roman Storm’s motion to overturn his August 2025 conviction for illegally running a money-transmitting business.

The jury at the time was deadlocked on two more serious charges, money l…

Read The Full Article DOJ Rejects Roman Storm’s Plea as Tornado Cash Verdict Will Stand On Coin Edition.