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Roman Storm, a software developer of Tornado Cash, is headed to trial after a New York judge ruled against his motion to dismiss criminal charges. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla rejected Storm’s request to drop charges tied to money laundering and sanctions violations. Russian co-defendant Roman Semenov remains elusive and on the run, evading capture … Read more
A New York federal judge denied Roman Storm’s bid to dismiss US government charges. Storm is the co-founder of the crypto-mixing platform Tornado Cash. Go to Source
The $27 million Penpie hack caught the attention of the notorious Euler Finance hacker, who sent an onchain message to a fellow criminal. Go to Source
Cooperation with the US Treasury sanctions on Tornado Cash was strongest at the user level and weaker further along the settlement chain. Go to Source
The volume of new deposits into the OFAC-sanctioned crypto mixer has jumped significantly in the first half of 2024. Go to Source
Pertsev will now spend the next year in prison while his lawyers prepare an appeal for money laundering charges. Go to Source
Notorious wallet-draining group Inferno Drainer tried to pass $530,000 worth of stolen ETH through Railgun but discovered pretty soon after that it couldn’t. Go to Source
On March 16, millions of dollars worth of non-fungible tokens and Ether was stolen from the Remilia DAO and transferred to an unknown wallet address. Go to Source
Pertsev has been under arrest in the Netherlands since August 2022, after the United States government blacklisted Tornado Cash. Go to Source
Alexey Pertsev, a developer for Tornado Cash, has reportedly been indicted by prosecutors in the Netherlands. They accuse him of laundering $1.2 billion. Pertsev’s attorney confirmed the prosecutors’ intent to charge his client. According to Dutch prosecutors, while a crypto-mixing service is not “inherently illegal,” using it to launder criminal assets is punishable. Dutch Prosecutors … Read more
