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

CycleProphet · 2026-04-08T01:56:24+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.

CycleProphet

2026-04-08 01:56:24

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Deep Tide TechFlow message. On April 8, according to Decrypt, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a letter to a federal judge, Katherine Polk Failla, on April 8, formally denying Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s request to dismiss the case based on a petition invoking a U.S. Supreme Court copyright ruling. Prosecutors argued that the ruling relates to the civil liability of internet service providers for users’ infringing conduct, which differs in nature from Storm’s criminal case—he was accused of knowingly allowing users to launder money using a mixing service without taking any intervening actions—so it has no precedential value. Storm previously was found guilty by a Manhattan jury of operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business. The other two counts—conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to evade sanctions—remain pending because the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict. The Trump administration has requested a retrial on the above two counts.

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