The Ethereum Foundation said that it transferred USD 500,000 to the legal defense of the co -founder and developer Tornado Cash Roman Storm, which is in the face of allegations related to the allegations he conspons in order to carry out the cryptocurrency mixing service as an unlimited money transmitter.
On Friday X, Foundation he said This would contribute $ 500,000 to defense Storm, and would also adapt to an additional USD 750,000 donations from the cryptographic community.
The announcement took place about a month before it is expected that Storm will be carried out in Recent York for money laundering, a conspiracy aimed at running an unlicended monetary transmitter and a conspiracy aimed at violating the sanctions in the USA.
“Privacy is normal and writing a code is not a crime,” said the foundation.
The Storm criminal trial appears when the US authorities seem to change their approach to the regulation of digital assets and prosecution of crimes related to it.
The lawyers of the developer Tornado turned to the case in December after the judge ruled that the US foreign racing office exceeded his rights in sanctioning bright mixer contracts. From Friday, the trial is to start on July 14.
“I put in front of the trial within 31 days” he said Storm on Friday X Post. “The Doj wants to bury the def, saying that I should control him, add Kyc, he never built him. SDZY is trying to crush me by blocking every expert witness. If I lose, DEFI will die with me.”
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Roman Semenov, another developer Tornado Cash, mentioned in the same indictment as Storm, was still during the publication. Reports suggest that it can hide in Russia.
Alexey Pertsev, a third person associated with Tornado Cash, was arrested in the Netherlands in 2022. Shortly after the US -sanctioned addresses related to the mixing protocol. In May 2024, he was found guilty of money laundering and sentenced to more than five years in prison.
The Ethereum Foundation Similarly promised $ 1.25 million to the PERTSEV Defense Fund, citing the same reasons for privacy and code.
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Support for a storm from digital groups of assets
Cases of Storm’s and other Tornado Cash programmers attracted support from spokesman organizations and significant numbers in the cryptocurrency industry, calling for charges.
The lawyers of the Centrum Centrum, the DEFI and Blockchain Education Fund submitted Amicus panties in the Storm case, providing information about possible repercussions if they were to be convicted. Co -founder Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin and founder of Paradigm, Matt Huang, also contributed to the legal funds of Tornado Cash.
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