Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Moves To Dismiss 'Fatally Flawed' Lazarus-Linked Indictment

The U.S. alleged in mid-2023 that Lazarus used Tornado Cash to launder over $1 billion in "criminal proceeds." (Credit: Bybit/flickr.com)

KEY POINTS

• The DOJ said in August that Storm and another co-founder "knew that they were helping hackers and fraudsters"
• Storm's lawyers argued that it wasn't a crime to develop a cryptocurrency tool as it was his job as a developer
• They said the indictment failed to provide evidence Storm "entered into a conspiratorial agreement" to launder money

Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm has filed to dismiss a criminal indictment accusing him of conspiring to commit money laundering and violate sanctions through his work with the fully decentralized cryptocurrency protocol.