U.S. federal prosecutors told Judge Katherine Polk Failla that a Sept. 25 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which upheld the conviction of Bitcoin Fog founder Roman Sterlingov, supports trying Tornado Cash defendant Roman Storm in New York. The appellate court found venue proper in Washington, D.C. because law enforcement agents had sent about $250 worth of bitcoin to Bitcoin Fog from the district. Prosecutors argued that 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-related reporting requirements the same day, saying the proposal could suppress legitimate activity.
U.S. federal prosecutors told Judge Katherine Polk Failla that a Sept. 25 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which upheld the conviction of Bitcoin Fog founder Roman Sterlingov, supports trying Tornado Cash defendant Roman Storm in New York.
Prosecutors point to the Bitcoin Fog venue ruling
According to a post by Bitcoin News on X, the appeals court said Washington, D.C. was a proper venue because law enforcement agents had sent about $250 worth of bitcoin to Bitcoin Fog from the district.
Prosecutors said the same logic applies in Storm’s case because user Shakeeb Ahmed accessed Tornado Cash from his apartment in Manhattan.
Storm published the letter
Roman Storm published the letter and said the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, withdrew its 2023 proposed reporting requirement for mixers the same day, saying the proposal could suppress legitimate activity.
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