Law & Policy

What will the judge allow or consider irrelevant during Roman Storms trial? 

- neither the prosecution nor the defence are allowed to use the words “KYC” or “AML” 
- witnesses are not allowed to say words such as “illegal” or “legal”
- no discussions relating to Van Loon or OFAC sanctions
- Roman’s defense cannot argue about the scope of money transmission laws as they relate to control, fees, or profit-making
- testimonies on the applicability FinCen or Bank Secrecy Act are “irrelevant”
- judge is not particularly interested in discussing free speech and privacy rights
- judge does not think free speech or first amendment issues should be coming up 

If that wasn’t enough, the judge also announced last Friday that the trial is will run for 2 weeks longer than expected, doubling the cost for Roman’s trial. 

The prosecution also added in last minute witnesses (7 days after the deadline) that allegedly used TC for crypto thefts, as well as key evidence previously withheld from the defence that proves TC was secretly operated as a money laundering service by using a phone allegedly belonging to Alexey Pertsev. This all news in the last 7 days. 

If you have the means, please help support Roman. The government has all the resources to bleed him dry before they reach a verdict.

Roman Storms trial has begun. He’s the developer of Tornado Cash and a loss for him is a loss for not just crypto but anyone who writes open source software