Doj Hints No Second Trial For Tornado Cash Co Founder Roman Storm “roman storm and tornado cash provided a service for north korean hackers and other criminals to move and hide more than $1 billion of dirty money,” said u.s. attorney jay clayton. Roman storm, the co founder of tornado cash, who was arrested by the department of justice (doj) has been released on bail. on august 24, storm’s lawyer brian klein posted on x (formerly known as twitter) to inform that storm had been granted bail and released.
Tornado Cash Co Founder Roman Storm Pleads Not Guilty Sentencing for roman storm is still pending, and the doj could choose to retry the two unresolved counts. for now, storm remains free, his legal team preparing to appeal or contest the guilty verdict. Storm remains free on bail, as the judge ruled he is not a flight risk due to his ties to the u.s. and the size of his bond. new york — tornado cash developer roman storm has been found. One of the three co founders is tornado cash developer roman storm. authorities arrested storm in august 2023 and charged him on three counts: operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, money laundering conspiracy, and sanctions evasion. in august 2025, a jury found him guilty on the first count. The u.s. department of justice (doj) has opposed tornado cash co founder roman storm’s latest bid to dismiss or overturn his criminal charges, rejecting his reliance on a recent supreme court.
Tornado Cash Co Founder Roman Storm Released On Bail Following Doj One of the three co founders is tornado cash developer roman storm. authorities arrested storm in august 2023 and charged him on three counts: operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, money laundering conspiracy, and sanctions evasion. in august 2025, a jury found him guilty on the first count. The u.s. department of justice (doj) has opposed tornado cash co founder roman storm’s latest bid to dismiss or overturn his criminal charges, rejecting his reliance on a recent supreme court. The legal fate of tornado cash co founder roman storm is now in the hands of a federal judge following a pivotal hearing on april 9, 2026. last year, a jury convicted storm of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business but deadlocked on the more severe charges of conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to evade us sanctions. judge katherine polk failla of the us. Roman storm, one of the developers of crypto anonymizing tool tornado cash, has been found guilty of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business by a jury in a court in. Storm will remain free on bail until his sentencing hearing. the timing of any retrial decision now falls to the incoming trump administration’s department of justice. The u.s. department of justice has dropped a portion of the criminal case against roman storm, co founder of the crypto mixer tornado cash, weeks ahead of his trial set for july 14.
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