by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 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
The US on July 9, 2025 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 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.
On July 14 Inner City Press live tweeted jury selection.
Crypto Tornado book 1 here
On August 5 the jurors sent out notes, got an Allen charge then three options then returned with this: no unanimity on Counts 1 and 3, guilty on Count 2, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmittal business. The AUSA then asked that Storm be remanded to jail as a flight right. Thread. Judge Failla denied that
On August 11 the US Attorney's Office filed a schedule: "The parties have agreed on the following schedule for post-trial motions and respectfully request that the Court enter this schedule: Any post-trial motions will be due on September 30, oppositions to the motions will be due on October 31, and any reply will be due on November 19. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(e), a retrial on Counts One and Three should commence within 70 days of the conclusion of the initial trial. Because the defendant’s potential post-trial motions could affect the scope of the retrial, the parties have agreed that the ends of justice would be served by excluding the time from now until the post-trial motions have been resolved, and that this would outweigh the interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy retrial."
Judge Failla endorsed, adding "Application GRANTED. The Court adopts the parties' proposed posttrial motions schedule. The parties shall appear at a conference on December 18, 2025, at 10:00 a.m."
More on X for Subscribers here and Substack here
The case is USA v. Storm, et al., 1:23-cr-430 (Failla)
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