Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm is scheduled to stand trial in July 2025 in the Southern District of New York on charges of money laundering, operating an unlicensed money transmitter, and sanctions violations

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Despite the fact that this appeal has been dropped and Tornado Cash is no longer on the OFAC sanctions list, the creators of the technology are still on facing criminal charges. Tornado Cash co-founder and developer Roman Storm is scheduled to appear in federal court in the Southern District of New York on Monday, July 14, 2025.

Despite OFAC’s about-face, Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm still faces prosecution. His trial is expected to begin in a week in New York, while Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev was let out on supervised release in February in the Netherlands.