The U.S. Department of Justice refuses Tornado Cash developers' request to dismiss the case based on Supreme Court rulings

DeepFlowTech · 2026-04-08T01:57:23+00:00

The U.S. Department of Justice rejected Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's request, stating that the Supreme Court's copyright ruling is unrelated to the criminal charges he faces. Storm has been convicted of operating an illegal money transfer business, and two other charges are still pending review.

DeepFlowTech

2026-04-08 01:57:23

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Deep Tide TechFlow news: On April 8, according to Decrypt, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a letter to U.S. Federal Judge Katherine Polk Failla on April 8, officially rejecting Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s request to have the case dismissed based on his invocation of the Supreme Court’s copyright ruling. Prosecutors argued that the ruling concerns the civil liability of internet service providers for users’ infringing conduct, which is different in nature from Storm’s criminal case—where he was accused of knowingly allowing users to use a mixing service to launder money without taking any intervention measures—and thus does not have any precedential value. Storm had previously been found guilty by a Manhattan jury of operating an illegal money transmission business. The other two charges—conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to evade sanctions—remained unresolved because the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict. The Trump administration has filed a motion seeking a retrial on the above two charges.

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