The Rise of Black-Box Justice. A United States federal jury convicted 35-year-old Roman Sterlingov of money laundering and operating an unlicensed money…
In a recent court filing, lawyers representing Roman Storm, the co-founder of Tornado Cash, have filed a motion to dismiss the money laundering charges against him.
Sterlingov, operator of Bitcoin Fog, was found guilty and faces up to 50 years in prison for money laundering and operating a money services business without a license.
A jury convicted Roman Sterlingov of money laundering this month. His defense team says it will appeal, saying the crypto-tracing technique at the heart of the case is “pseudoscience.”
Roman Sterlingov, a Russian-Swedish national who has been standing trial in the United States for his alleged connection to the bitcoin mixing protocol…