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Author: Amaka NWAOKOCHA, Cointelegraph; Compilation: Five baht, Bit Chain Vision
The U.S. Department of Justice (Doj) opposed the rejection of the conspiracy and money laundering allegations of the co -founder of Tornado Cash, Roman Storm, and believed that the application put forward controversial facts for jury considerations, which was not suitable for early motion.
In the response of the Ministry of Justice, the prosecutor analyzed why the co -founder of Tornado Cash should be responsible for the crimes he charged.The U.S. Department of Justice questioned the defense’s description of Tornado Cash, pointing out that it was launched as a cryptocurrency mixtor in 2019.The service includes a website, a user interface, a set of smart contracts and a “relay” network.
The U.S. Department of Justice accused Roman Storm and other developers Roman Semenov considering money -laundering and operating unauthorized currency transmitters, and violated sanctions by creating a cryptocurrency hybrid service TORNADO CASH.The US authorities claim that entities such as North Korea Lazarus Group use TORNADO CASH money laundering.
Court documents submitted to the District Court of the South District of New York.Source: court listener
In September 2023, Storm did not plead guilty to all allegations, and was released shortly after being arrested for a $ 2 million bail.He is mainly restricted to travel in parts of New York, New Jersey, Washington and California.
However, in late March, Storm’s lawyer tried to reject the prosecution, saying that the authorities lacked the reason for accusing him.Semenov clarified that he contributed the code design, but he was not responsible for the use of code.
His legal team rejected the motion to emphasize that Tornado Cash does not act as a hosting hybrid service operation and does not meet the standards of “financial institutions”.They claim that Storm cannot control the service and cannot stop entities such as Lazarus Group using the service.
The prosecutor team led by Damian Williams argued in the document that Storm was responsible for operating cryptocurrency mixtures and accused him of developing a system that helped anonymous criminals.They criticized TORNADO CASH’s co -founders of TORNADO CASH did not make enough changes to exclude the address of sanctions.
This is when the US government continues to crack down on cryptocurrency hybrid services.
On April 24th, the co -founder, Samourai Wallet CEO of Samourai Wallet, Cryptocurrency Hybrid Samourai Wallet, was arrested by KEONNE RODRIGUEZ and chief technology officer William Hill and was accused of making money.EssenceThe unauthorized remittance business can be sentenced to up to five years in prison.
The founder of Samourai Wallet has recently been arrested,Ki Young Ju, CEO of Cryptoquant, said that cryptocurrency hybrid services do not constitute a crime.
