| In
Tornado Cash
Trial Striking
of Agent
George
Testimony on
Lin and
Binance Sought
by Storm
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 27 – 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
The US on July 9,
2025 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 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.
On July 14 Inner
City Press live tweeted jury
selection.
Crypto
Tornado book 1
here
On July 25 there
were no witnesses - possible
immunity for Tom Schmidt is
still an open question, and
during the argument the AUSA
said they are still mulling
prosecuting others at
DragonFly. Then the AUSA asked
to seal what he had just said,
and Judge Failla granted it.
But it was already public -
Inner City Press live tweeted
it, thread
On Sunday July 27
Storm sought to strike Agent
George's testimony, citing "the government’s
disclosure on the afternoon of
Saturday, July 26, 2025, of a
large volume of additional
data underlying not just Agent
George’s Binance-related
testimony, but also his
tracing of Hanfeng Lin’s
cryptocurrency, which was the
other subject of his
testimony" - 5 page filing on
Patreon
here
More on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is USA
v. Storm, et al., 1:23-cr-430
(Failla)
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