Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm and developer Alexey Pertsev faced legal actions for developing its smart contracts; Storm's U.S. trial is set for July 2025, while Pertsev was sentenced in 2024 to 64 months in the Netherlands, then placed under house arrest in February 2025 pending appeal

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Roman Storm, one of the co-founders of Tornado Cash, faces a criminal trial this July over his alleged role developing the smart contracts and protocols. Another developer was charged but has not yet been arrested

In February, Pertsev was released on house arrest, while he prepared an appeal of his conviction

In 2024, a Dutch court found Alexey Pertsev, one of Tornado Cash’s developers, guilty of money laundering and sentenced him to 64 months in prison

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