by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 11 – Roman Storm is charged using his cryptocurrency mixed Tornado Cash to help launder money for North Korea's hackers in the Lazarus Group.
On September 6, 2023 he was arraigned before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Katherine Polk Failla. Inner City Press was there - thread
Full scheduling order on Patreon here
The US on July 9 filed opposition - just as in the Samouri Wallet case a letter from Senator Lummis and Wyden that cites theTornado Cash case, letter now on Patreon, with Samouri story, here.
On July 12, Judge Failla did delay the trial, but not as far as Storm requested: "trial in this matter is scheduled to begin on 12/2/2024 at 9:00 a.m."
On September 26, Judge Failla denied Storm's motions, thread
On October 10, a hearing Inner City Press covered, thread
On November 1, Inner City Press covered the proceeding and first reported the new trial date: April 14, 2024, here.
On December 9 there was a status conference; Inner City Press went and live tweeted, thread
On July 8 Judge Failla said North Korea could come in, but not WMD, and not the 2022 sanctions until their repeal also comes in, thread
On July 10 Storm moved to exclude as a US witness "the claimed perpetrator of an alleged hack who allegedly used Tornado Cash and is apparently cooperating with the government while finishing up a federal sentence."
On July 11 Inner City Press live tweeted a conference in which the US said Witness-1 only began speaking to them on July 3 and is seeking sentence reduction under Rule 35. Judge Failla will let Witness-1 testifying, but expressed doubts on venue. Thread.
The case is USA v. Storm, et al., 1:23-cr-430 (Failla)
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