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Two Systems of Justice? Tornado Cash Devs Face Prison While Dutch Payvision Directors Walk Free

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Roman Storm was found guilty only of running an unlicensed money-service business (MSB) avoiding the far heavier money-laundering and sanctions charges. Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, fellow Tornado Cash coder Alexey Pertsev is already serving 64 months for money-laundering. Yet the Dutch executives of high-risk processor Payvision knowingly washed hundreds of millions for cyber-crime kingpins—escaped with nothing more than modest administrative fines.

US Jury Splits on Tornado Cash: Roman Storm Convicted on Licensing Charge, Faces 5 Years

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Roman Storm, co-founder of the crypto mixer Tornado Cash, was found guilty of conspiring to run an unlicensed money-transmitting business. A Manhattan jury deadlocked on the far more serious counts of money-laundering and sanctions evasion, forcing a partial mistrial. The verdict intensifies the legal debate over open-source responsibility as regulators worldwide eye decentralized finance.

Is Writing Code Now a Crime? The Tornado Cash Trials That Could Kill Privacy Forever

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As Roman Storm sits in a Manhattan courtroom facing 45 years in prison, one question haunts the cybersecurity world: When did software development become money laundering? Storm's trial for allegedly helping launder $1 billion through Tornado Cash—a cryptocurrency privacy tool—represents the most dangerous prosecutorial overreach in cybercrime history.

FinTelegram: The Outrageous Sentencing of Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev. What About Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao?

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The crypto industry is reeling in horror at the latest judicial injustice. Alexey Pertsev, a mere developer for Tornado Cash, is now staring down a five-year and four-month prison sentence. His crime? Writing code. Meanwhile, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ), who openly admitted to turning Binance into a money-laundering haven for cybercriminals and terrorists, received a laughable four-month sentence.

Coinbase Confronts U.S. Treasury: A Legal Battle Over Tornado Cash That Could Reshape Crypto Regulation!

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For years, the U.S. crypto scene has been battling what it sees as outdated laws and regulatory requirements that no longer apply to the new technological environment. The Tornado Cash case is seen as a prime example of this situation. Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewal, has openly criticized the U.S. Treasury's approach to sanctioning the crypto mixer. According to Grewal, the U.S. Treasury is "bending old laws past their breaking point" in its efforts to control this technology.

The U.S. War Against The Russian Crypto Industry!

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Before Western sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine invasion began in February 2022, U.S. authorities were cracking down on the Russian crypto scene. Since the beginning of the new sanctions in 2022, the American approach against the Russian crypto scene, which is under general suspicion of money laundering and sanctions violations, has intensified and is bringing charges against Russian crypto schemes and their masterminds.

Accused Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Pleads Not Guilty!

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In a recent court proceeding, Roman Storm, a developer associated with Tornado Cash, entered a plea of "not guilty" in response to allegations of involvement in money transmission without proper licensing, facilitating money laundering, and evading sanctions. The defense emphasizes the intricate nature of the case, centered around utilizing Tornado Cash's cryptocurrency mixer by the widely recognized hacker group from North Korea, Lazarus.

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