Law & Policy

Dev ecosystem @farcaster, cofounder @bountycaster. Prev: cofounder of Scalar Capital, product at Coinbase, coproducer @ethereumfilm

The judge believes it will confuse the jury as the government is no longer pursuing fed registration violations with OFAC. 

The thing is, despite Van Loon winning the case to de-sanction OFAC, Roman is charged under the North Korea sanctions program, which is different than Tornado Cash’s sanctions. So while it’s been a big W for the industry, it hasn’t changed anything with Roman’s case. 

IMO it’s unfair that these terms would be irrelevant when he’s still facing 1 count of sanctions evasion - that charge alone could make him face up to 20 years in prison

pretty scary that protocol misuse by North Korean hackers could make a dev in the US face up to 20 years in jail for being charged with sanction evasion. And that’s assuming you don’t get charged with anything else.

Roman faces 3 charges that could result in up to 45 years in prison.