American prosecutors in a criminal case against Roman Storm, co-founder and developer of Tornado Cash, offered testimony from an internal revenue service (IRS) agent as they prepare their case to rest on Thursday.
According to reporting from Inner City Press on Wednesday, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent Stephen George Testified He reviewed the transaction records related to the Cryptocurrency Exchange Crypto.com and Binance.
George allegedly stated that based on communication among co-founders, an account attached to an account attached to an account attached to an account attached to an account “(was) was” control “on funds on the fund: based on communication between storms, storms, elaxy perts and Roman Semenov.
The testimony followed a challenge from the lawyers of the Storm, which sought To exclude it based on a review of Hanfeng Lynn’s experience – the victim of a romance scam that testified in the first trial about the stolen crypto funds. Storm lawyers suggested that after research they could proceed to a Mystic, it was suggested that no money went to the Crypto Mixing Service.
“While his accounting background may have given him expertise to conduct the analysis that he was maintained to do, it is not eligible to testify to the traptocurrency criminal income, which the government is now proposing, which is now proposing, including not only involving traching, but also a various wallet address control for alleged hackers, where accounts are identified,” Said Storm’s legal team in filing on Tuesday.
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The issue of whether the storm had the ability to control tornado cash by blocking or decomposing illegal money, as the prosecution has alleged, is central for arguments in its criminal case.
Another government witness was expected to testify whether the storm could modify the platform to prevent criminal activity, but was reportedly discussed in response to restrictions.
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Defense lawyers are ready to present their case
Storm faced allegations of money laundering, a conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitter and a conspiracy to violate American sanctions related to his role in tornado cash. US prosecutors said they were expected to wrap their case “before lunch” on Thursday, after which the lawyers of the Storm started presenting their defense.
According to Inner City Press, Storm lawyers plan to call “two or three doctors” to testify, and possibly an expert witness from Channelis.
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