Defense Raises Possibility of a Mistrial Over Allegedly Misleading ‘Victim’ Witness Testimony in Roman Storm Trial

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NEW YORK — Lawyers for Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm told a judge on Monday that they are considering filing a motion for mistrial following new revelations that the government may have inaccurately traced the proceeds of a pig butchering scam to the privacy tool. The scam victim, a Taiwan-born Georgia woman named Hanfeng Ling, testified on the first day of Storm’s trial that she lost approximately $250,000 to a wrong-number Whatsapp scam. After the scam, Ling and her husband hired a so-cal...