A federal judge who oversees the Tornado Cash co-founder and developer of the Roman Storm’s Criminal Trial will allow jurors to hear a testimony saying he can change the platform “to prevent criminals from using it.”
In the following week, Judge Katherine Failla denied a defense movement requesting to prevent testimony from a government witness to changes that the storm could do.
The witness, Philip Werlau, a investigator in investigation into fraud and anti-money laundering compliance company Anchain.Aai, is allowed to offer a testimony that the storm is said to have a way to stop Tornado Cash from laundering crimes with crimes using smart contract features, but not.
“Such a testimony is permitted,” Filla said. “The defense says ‘there is no evidence that a” user registry smart contract “is actually used in the blockchain industry.’ That may be this way, but Mr. Werlau can still testify about implementing such a feature as long as it is technological and a software developer like Mr. Storm is likely to know about it.
Monday marked the sixth day of the storm trial, in which he was accused of being accused of money laundering, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitter and conspiracy to violate US penalties based on his role in Tornado Cash. US prosecutors said they expected wrap their case By Friday, when Storm lawyers begin to show their defense.
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To date, the US government has offered testimony from witnesses from hackers who allegedly used the crypto mixing service to non -prohibited funds with an FBI forensic accountant and special agent investigating the case. Joel Decapua, a Supervisory Special Agent at the FBI’s Cybercrimes Unit, has been reported Proved On Thursday his team found 16 incidents each involving more than $ 5 million moves through Tornado Cash.
What does the case mean for Storm’s future?
Alexey Pertsev, another co-founder of Tornado Cash and Developer, has been arrested, tried and found guilty of money losses related to the Netherlands mixing service. In 2024, he was punished by a judge for more than five years in prison.
The US case case may have a different outcome. According to reporting from court, Failla Says He looks at the charges in cases associated with the crypto, including former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, Onecoin co-founder Karl Greenwood and former open-out product manager Nathaniel Chastain. All three were punished to serve time in prison.
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The selection of jury for storm trial began on July 14. The trial is expected to last for three to four weeks, according to Storm.
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