Judge signals Tornado Cash sanctions may be barred from Roman Storm trial
09.07.2025
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The judge reportedly said she would not be inclined to have attorneys bring up the US Treasury’s 2022 sanctions against Tornado Cash after they were withdrawn in March.
The judge overseeing the US criminal trial of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm dropped a bombshell: she's leaning towards keeping the 2022 sanctions drama out of the courtroom. Why? Because those sanctions got yanked back in March. Talk about awkward.
Judge Katherine Failla isn't having it with the sanctions talk but might let prosecutors mention North Korea and the infamous Lazarus Group. Because, let's face it, hackers make everything more interesting.
Remember when the US Treasury slapped sanctions on Tornado Cash in 2022? Yeah, well, they backtracked faster than a crypto trader after a bad leverage play. Now, the judge is like, 'Why bring up old news?'
The sanctions were withdrawn. So [Storm] has consciousness of guilt for something he was not ultimately guilty of.
Storm's facing charges like money laundering and conspiracy, but the crypto world's got his back. Ethereum bigwigs and even Vitalik Buterin are throwing cash at his legal fund. Because in crypto, we ride or die together.
Will Storm be convicted and sentenced to prison?
The crypto community's rallying cry? 'Writing code is not a crime.' But with the feds on the warpath, Storm's trial could be the next big courtroom drama after the Sam Bankman-Fried saga.
- • Ethereum Foundation and Vitalik Buterin are funding Storm's defense.
- • Trial set to start soon, and it's gonna be a wild ride.
- • Crypto's watching closely—this could set a major precedent.
As the trial looms, one thing's clear: the crypto world doesn't back down without a fight. Stay tuned, because this is gonna get spicy.
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