Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Will Stand Trial, DOJ Says

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Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm will stand trial on charges of money laundering and sanctions evasion, despite a DOJ memo signaling reduced prosecution of crypto mixers.

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May 15, 2025

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Decrypt

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https://decrypt.co/320311/tornado-cash-developer-roman-storm-will-stand-trial-doj-says

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DOJ to proceed with charges against Tornado Cash’s Roman Storm

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"The Government is proceeding to try Storm on willfully conspiring to commit money laundering, sanctions evasion, and transporting and transmitting funds he knew were criminally derived," a DOJ spokesperson told Decrypt.

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The U.S. Treasury’s about-face came months after the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found the agency had overstepped its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash. The court found that immutable smart contracts, which can’t be altered or controlled, shouldn’t be classified as property, as the sanctions against Tornado Cash implied.

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