OFAC’s Dropped Sanctions Against Tornado Cash Can’t Come Up at Trial, Judge Says
Main Idea
Judge Katherine Polk Failla ruled that the OFAC sanctions against Tornado Cash cannot be discussed at Roman Storm's upcoming trial, barring any exceptional evidence.
Key Points
1. OFAC's sanctions against Tornado Cash, imposed in August 2022 and later removed, cannot be referenced during the trial.
2. Judge Failla also prohibited discussion of the Van Loon v. Treasury Department case, which led to the sanctions being dropped.
3. Prosecutors were given until Wednesday to submit any key evidence before the trial begins.
4. Storm's motions to exclude inflammatory characterizations of his TORN token sales and evidence from Alexey Pertsev's phone were addressed, with some evidence allowed.
5. A final pre-trial conference is scheduled for Friday, with the trial set to begin on June 14 and expected to last four weeks.
Description
NEW YORK, New York — The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control’s (OFAC) sanctions against privacy tool Tornado Cash cannot be discussed at the upcoming trial of developer Roman Storm, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. At a status conference in Manhattan on Tuesday, District Judge Katherine Polk Failla initially waffled on whether she would allow expert witnesses to testify about the sanctions, which were initially imposed in August 2022, removed this March and subsequently foun...
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