Federal prosecutors have told Judge Katherine Polk Failla that a Sept. 25 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which upheld the conviction of Bitcoin Fog founder Roman Sterlingov, supports trying Tornado Cash defendant Roman Storm in New York. According to a post from Bitcoin News on X, the appeals court found that Washington, D.C. had proper venue because law enforcement officers sent about $250 in bitcoin to Bitcoin Fog from the district. Prosecutors said the same reasoning applies in Storm’s case because user Shakeeb Ahmed accessed Tornado Cash from his apartment in Manhattan. Storm later published the letter and said the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, withdrew its 2023 proposal for mixer reporting requirements on the same day, saying the proposal could suppress lawful activity. The development ties a recent appellate ruling in the Bitcoin Fog case to a key venue argument in the separate Tornado Cash prosecution.
Federal prosecutors have told Judge Katherine Polk Failla that a Sept. 25 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit supports trying Tornado Cash defendant Roman Storm in New York, according to a post by Bitcoin News on X.
The prosecutors pointed to the appeals court’s decision to uphold the conviction of Bitcoin Fog founder Roman Sterlingov. In that case, the court said Washington, D.C. was a proper venue because law enforcement officers sent about $250 worth of bitcoin to Bitcoin Fog from the district.
Prosecutors said the same logic applies to Storm’s case because user Shakeeb Ahmed accessed Tornado Cash from his apartment in Manhattan.
Storm later published the letter and said the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, withdrew its 2023 proposal for mixer reporting requirements on the same day, citing concerns that the proposal could suppress lawful activity.
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