The Roman Storm, co-founder of Crypto Mixing Service Cash Cash, sought help to raise an immediate $ 500,000 leader on his trial on Monday on charges of currency and penalties violations.
Storm Na -Post On X on Saturday he faced a “critical deficiency” and had to raise $ 500,000 in the next few days, and it would take another $ 1 million within the next few weeks to cover the cost of his legal battle.
“My team is working tirelessly to defend the code as free speech, protect the software development, and push back against the government’s overreach that threatens all of us,” he added.
In May, the Free Pertsev & Storm, an organization set up to provide legal assistance to the founders of Tornado Cash, expected That the total legal cost for storm testing is $ 2 million.
However, storms Says On Friday that his legal fee will be mounted for $ 3.5 million as his test may take up to four weeks, double the first two weeks, due to “complex legal arguments and unexpected witnesses and evidence.”
The storm was arrested in August 2023 with the number of money losses, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitter, and conspiracy to violate US penalties and face 45 years in prison if found guilty.
On Friday, the legal storm team attempted to postpone the testIt is upheld that prosecutors have revealed a witness after the deadline ended.
The judge who oversees Storm’s criminal trial, Judge Katherine Failla, he said Not allowed Any mention of US Treasury penalties was granted against Tornado Cash, which was withdrawn in March.
Related: The Ethereum Foundation has pledged $ 500k to the Roman Storm defense
In April, the Crypto lobbying team was the DEFI education fund Petting with the Trump administration To end the so-called “lawless persecution” of open-source software developers, including Roman Storm.
57% of the goal raised for Tornado Cash Trial
The storm is trying to raise $ 3.5 million in total. At the time of writing, the storm is managed Top $ 1.96 million, approximately 57% of the goal.
Since donations are made with ether (Eth), the amount raised may change. Currently, ETH trades at $ 3,030, up to 2.9% in the past 24 hours, According to Kay Nansen.
Last month, the Ethereum Foundation said it would provide $ 500,000 and correspond to community donations up to $ 750,000 for storm legal defense.
Metacartel’s Bill Warren Says Metacartel Dao provided all the funds it had left in its treasury to support the cause.
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