Federal prosecutors presented evidence suggesting that the founder of Tornado Cash Roman Storm has moved millions of people in Binance and coordinated with co-founders to send funds and buy offshore real estate.
IRS-CI special agent Stephan George, told the jury that he had traced more than $ 533,000 in USDT from a Binance account that would have been controlled by Storm. He said the funds were moved on August 9, 2022 and distributed over three wallet addresses.
Storm would have sent $ 2.6 million each to the co-founders
Prosecutors showed discussion newspapers between the founding trio of Tornado Cash: Roman storm,, Roman SemenovAnd Alexey Pertsev. In a message, Storm wrote:
“I overloaded 8 million yesterday.”
Another message said:
“I sent you 2.6 million each.”
Agent George said that these communications indicated that Storm had access to funds and decision -making power on the portfolio in question.
In a separate message, Storm would have said to a colleague from:
“Give him a task to F** ING opens up various offshores… and to buy real estate. »*
The prosecutors also read a message from Semenov declaring:
“I will send a little later, to avoid breaking myself.”
The accusation argued that these messages revealed the intention to obscure transactions and take advantage of Tornado Cash operations.
96% of Tornado’s cash users relied on the web interface
Earlier in the day, accusation expert Philip Werlau d’Anchain.ai testified that 96.2% Users accessible to Tornado Cash via its user interface (IU), not the command line.
He said Lazarus group Passed to the use of the CLI only after the American sanctions were imposed. Werlau said this behavior suggested a deliberate attempt to avoid detection.
During the counter-examination, the defense of Roman Storm challenged Werlau’s conclusions. He pointed out that Tornado Cash intelligent contracts have become Immutable in May 2020This means that neither the storm nor the DAO could change them.
Klein also said that the Tornado user interface did not manage transactions directly. Deposits and withdrawals required an interaction with Ethereum smart contracts, not a centralized interface.
Meanwhile, the prosecutors presented an e-mail from a previous witness, Ms. Lin, addressed to the Tornado Cash public box. Judge Failla warned the jury not to treat its content as a fact.
The inclusion of the email can be linked to the concerns of previously stated of the defense, although no request has been filed.
What is the next step in the Tornado cash trial
The accusation should rest its case tomorrow morning. A separate audience on the Chain chain experts testimony is still pending.
The defense of Storm is preparing to present his team, focusing on the immutability of the Tornado Cash and the lack of control of Storm after the deployment.
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