Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm faces a trial in the USA in July, and a federal decide has declined to order the U.S. Division of Justice to evaluation its data associated to the case.
Judge Katherine Polk Failla, in a Friday ruling, declined to order the DOJ to evaluation supplies it holds that is perhaps useful to Tornado Cash (TORN) developer Roman Storm’s authorized crew.
The decide’s ruling comes as Storm and his protection crew put together for the developer’s trial scheduled for July 2025, CoinDesk reported.
“I’m not going to require a further review based on the representations made that there’s no additional material of this type, and based on my views that I don’t believe the material was exculpatory,” the decide famous.
The decide’s choice is vital, as an order discovering that prosecutors did not share all related info of their possession with Storm’s authorized crew may have impacted the protection’s case throughout trial.
The regulation requires that prosecutors share with the defendant all info they’ve that would assist the accused individual’s protection. Storm is ready to face trial after the DOJ confirmed earlier this month that the federal government will proceed with the prosecution of the Ethereum mixer co-founder.
That call got here weeks after the federal government circulated a memo stating that the DOJ would now not search to convey costs towards crypto mixing companies.
As an alternative, prosecutors will now go after what they termed “bad actors” throughout the trade who exploit such options to assist illicit actions like cash laundering. The DOJ’s crackdown wouldn’t be centered on the platforms, however unhealthy gamers.
The DOJ initially filed costs towards Roman Storm and Roman Semenov, one other Tornado Cash founder, in August 2023. The fees included working the blending service and laundering greater than $1 billion.
In February this yr, a Dutch court docket launched Alexey Pertsev, a Tornado Cash developer arrested in August 2022 in Amsterdam.
