| Before
Roman Storm
Trial Judge
Allows as US
Witness User
of Tornado
Cash But Venue
Doubt
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 11 – Roman Storm is
charged using his
cryptocurrency mixed Tornado
Cash to help launder money for
North Korea's hackers in the
Lazarus Group.
On September 6,
2023 he was arraigned before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Katherine Polk Failla.
Inner City Press was there - thread
Full scheduling
order on Patreon here
The US on July 9
filed opposition - just as in
the Samouri Wallet case a
letter from Senator Lummis and
Wyden that cites
theTornado Cash case, letter
now on Patreon, with Samouri
story, here.
On July 12, Judge
Failla did delay the trial,
but not as far as Storm
requested: "trial in this
matter is scheduled to begin
on 12/2/2024 at 9:00 a.m."
On September 26,
Judge Failla denied Storm's
motions, thread
On October 10, a
hearing Inner City Press
covered, thread
On November 1,
Inner City Press covered the
proceeding and first reported
the new trial date: April 14,
2024, here.
On December 9
there was a status conference;
Inner City Press went and live
tweeted, thread
On July 8 Judge
Failla said North Korea could
come in, but not WMD, and not
the 2022 sanctions until their
repeal also comes in, thread
On July 10 Storm
moved to exclude as a US
witness "the claimed
perpetrator of an alleged hack
who allegedly used Tornado
Cash and is apparently
cooperating with the
government while finishing up
a federal sentence."
On July 11 Inner
City Press live tweeted a
conference in which the US
said Witness-1 only began
speaking to them on July 3 and
is seeking sentence reduction
under Rule 35. Judge Failla
will let Witness-1 testifying,
but expressed doubts on venue.
Thread.
The case is USA
v. Storm, et al., 1:23-cr-430
(Failla)
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