đ” Tornado Cash Defense Failed
đ U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the Southern District of New York dismissed a motion by one of the developers of the crypto-mixer Tornado Cash, Roman Storm, and ruled in favor of the case proceeding.
âïž Storm and his colleague, Roman Semenov, are accused by U.S. authorities of creating the crypto-mixer for criminal purposes and facilitating the laundering of more than $1 billion in illicit funds.
âĄïž The defense argued that writing code should be protected under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, just like free speech.
âïž However, the judge stated that evading sanctions and money laundering are unrelated to that protection.
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