The Roman Storm defense lawyers on Tuesday before comforting their case, a case that seemed to provoke some controversies in the court room was a T-shirt that the co-founder and developer of the tornado cache wore in a crypto event in 2019.
While making a statement in the US district court for the southern district of New York, both the prosecutors and the lawyers of the Storm reportedly brought a tornado cash T-shirt that the developer wore, claiming the “wash” ether (ETH) through the mixing service.
A video posted by 2019 Athboston Atany appeared show The storm wearing a shirt, stating that “I keep my ether with a tornado.” Showing a washing machine as a result of “clean” eth.
“The defendant was earning profits from a huge washing machine for dirty money,” Said According to the reporting of the Inner City Press, on July 15, the court in the court, US Attorney Kevin Mosley. “He wore a T-shirt for that effect. Mr. Storm had options. Once he came to know that he was washing money for criminals, he still chose to commit crime. He continued.”
Storm’s legal team, which gave his initial statement after prosecutors, Said The shirt was “a meme, a joke in bad taste.” They brought Merchandise the tornado cache for the second time on Monday, arguing against a proposal to exclude information about hackers using mixing service.
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Will the gamblers or Judge Catherine Fillah consider the shirt “joke” or indicate that the storm and other tornado cash developers claimed to operate the crypto “laundering” service, to be seen at the time of publication. He faces a conspiracy to operate money laundering, an unlicensed money transmitter, and a conspiracy to violate American sanctions.
The storm will not testify in its defense
After starting a jury selection on 14 July, the storm is expected to last for about three weeks. Prosecutors on Friday shut down their case after hearing from witnesses, including the Federal Investigation Bureau, Internal Revenue Service and the individuals involved in the hacking incidents.
A spokesperson of the Golem Foundation said, “The way the prosecutor is portraying a guilty image of the Roman Storm and Tornado Cash team,” said a spokesperson of the Golem Foundation, which contributed 50 ETHs to the Storm’s defense fund. “This case is actually like blaming the developers of the banking app for financial scams on the Internet. This is stupid.”
On Tuesday, Storm’s lawyer Said The co-founder of the tornado cash will not give testimony. In an interview before the test, he said he was uncertain whether he would take the stand. His defense team rested on Tuesday after hearing witnesses for more than three days, and possibly start stopping the statements on Wednesday.
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