Tornado Cash Developers May Be Punished For Codes Used To Commit Crimes

Last updated: June 9, 2025, 13:07

Tornado Cash Developers May Be Punished For Codes Used To Commit Crimes

Developers may be held accountable

The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed on Thursday that it will proceed with its prosecution of Roman Storm, a developer of the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash

Developers may be held accountable if they write code with the “single goal” of committing a crime or aiding criminals, according to the Fiscal Information and Investigation

Code is on Trial: The DOJ Won't Back Down in Roman Storm

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Alexey Pertsev, the developer of the cryptocurrency mixing protocol Tornado Cash, has been found guilty of money laundering, raising potentially severe

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On Aug, Tornado Cash was sanctioned in the United States, making it illegal for US citizens to use the service. Any product that “indiscriminately facilitates

The US government has placed

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The US government has placed Tornado Cash on its OFAC sanctions list, accusing that the protocol has been used by North Korean hackers to launder more than $7

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Storm is charged with operating

Storm is charged with operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and sanctions evasion. He was arrested on Aug. 23

Tornado Cash developer guilty of money laundering - Cointelegraph

Developers could be punished for code created to commit crime

Charges against Tornado Cash co

When code becomes a crime: why the recent arrest of Tornado

Charges against Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm show the DOJ's ongoing commitment to prosecuting major crypto crimes. promo The US Department of