Roman Storm seeks acquittal of Tornado Cash money transmission charge

Roman Storm, the co-founder of crypto mixer Tornado Cash, asked the court to overturn his conviction for unlicensed money transmission.

Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash, has asked a US federal judge to acquit him of his sole conviction for unlicensed money transmission and the jury’s hung counts for money laundering and sanctions violations, arguing prosecutors failed to prove he intended to help bad actors misuse the crypto mixer.

According to legal documents filed on Sept. 30 and reviewed by Cointelegraph, Storm’s defense argued prosecutors failed to prove he intended to help bad actors use Tornado Cash This, according to the defense, would nullify the grounds for his conviction based on negligent inaction.

“Storm and bad actors was a claim that he knew they were using Tornado Cash and failed to take sufficient measures to stop them. This is a negligence theory,” the preliminary statement reads.

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