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Roman Storm was found guilty of operating Tornado Cash as an unlicensed money transmitting business

August 7, 2025 2 mins read

Roman Storm of Tornado Cash, a popular privacy mixer in crypto, has been found guilty of planning to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business that helped move over $1 billion in illegal transactions. The Southern District of New York shared the verdict after a four-week trial led by US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla. Even with this conviction, Storm avoided more serious charges for money laundering and sanctions violations because

Roman Storm will face trial for alleged money laundering via Tornado Cash

September 28, 2024 1 min read

In a significant development for the cryptocurrency world, Roman Storm, co-founder of the controversial mixing service Tornado Cash, is gearing up for a trial set to commence on December 2, 2024, in New York. This follows a recent ruling by District Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the Southern District of New York, who denied Storm’s motion to dismiss serious money laundering charges against him. Storm, alongside his co-founder Roman Semenov,

Crypto Community Fights Back Against U.S. Sanctions on Tornado Cash

June 6, 2023 1 min read

A group of pro-crypto organizations has filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit challenging the legality of sanctions imposed on the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Tornado Cash. The amicus brief, filed by the Blockchain Association, the DeFi Education Fund, and Coin Center, argues that the sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) are unlawful. The OFAC imposed sanctions on Tornado Cash in February,