The US government can still try the Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm on the number of money laundering and violation of penalties due to a hanging jury, according to lawyers.
“The Department of Justice (DOJ) will decide in the coming days if it wants to try the charges on a new test,” Jake Chervinsky, chief legal officer at the Venture Capital Firm Variant Fund, write In X.
Storm was convicted of a number of felony For his involvement in Tornado Cash on Wednesday. The jury found him guilty of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed business that sends money.
However, the members of the jury not reached a united judgment on the charges of conspiracy to make laundering and conspiracy to violate North Korean penalties.
Attorney Aaron Brogan told cointelegraph that the storm’s verdict still brings greater legal implications for decentralized protocols.
“The problem with the extensive application of the Federal Currency transmitter law is, frankly, many in Defi memories that they can apply strongly to them about the tornado of cash. And while the government may not bring charges against all DeFIs, extensive exposure gives them a strong stick to any negotiation.”
The potential of the case for Long -term implications has drawn close attention from the crypto industry and privacy advocates. Lawyers said the previous trial trial was critical for digital privacy and could have a significant impact on open-source software developers in the United States.
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The lawyers responded to partial verdict
The US could still return the storm to Rome to the court to the unresolved charge of the conspiracy to make money on the launch and conspiracy to violate North Korea’s penalties. The decision depends on several factors, including the possibility of gaining a belief in a second test.
“If the Trump administration wants the USA to become the capital of the crypto in the world, the DOJ should not be allowed to re -evaluate the two deadlocked charges,” Chervinsky said.
Chervinsky described The slight verdict as “a sad day for the Defi,” which warned that section 1960 under the US code, used by prosecutors to charge the storm in the operation of an unlicensed business sending, represents an existing threat to decentralized financial applications.
“All in all, this leads to a somewhat depressed conclusion,” Zack Shapiro’s attorney write In X, but said that it was good that the “draconian” prison sentences for money laundering charges were on the table today.
I think it makes sense to conclude that the government may no longer review the errors of losses of money given to the political posting
A US court Penalties recovered in tornado In January 2025, the delivery of decentralized crypto and protocols that maintain privacy is a major legal success.
The penalties were imposed by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in 2022, accusing the crypto -mixing crypto service service.
Officers of DOJ claimed The Tornado Cash Protocol helped the launder more than $ 7 billion in crypto between 2019 and 2022 and has been instrumental in North Korean state-na-hacked laundering funds stolen by hacking.
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