Tornado Cash Developer Storm Claims DOJ Bungled Critical Telegram Evidence
2025-07-14 08:59:08
Main Idea
Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm claims the DOJ mishandled critical Telegram evidence ahead of his trial, misattributing a key message related to a $600M Axie Infinity hack.
Key Points
1. Prosecutors initially attributed a Telegram message about cashing out $600M to Storm’s co-developer Alexey Pertsev, but defense revealed it was written by Andrew Thurman.
2. Storm’s defense argues the government’s evidence extraction was flawed, citing incomplete file retrieval and misattributed messages.
3. Prosecutors corrected the evidence in December 2024 after the defense raised the issue, but the defense claims false information was previously presented to the court.
4. The Ethereum Foundation pledged $500,000 toward Storm’s legal defense and matched up to $750,000 in community donations.
5. The DOJ’s crypto fraud crackdown includes seizing $225M in USDT linked to a global 'pig butchering' scam.
Description
Roman Storm, co-founder of the sanctioned Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer, has accused federal prosecutors of fundamentally mishandling key evidence ahead of his July 14 criminal trial in Manhattan. The dispute centers on a Telegram message reading “Heya, anyone around to chat about axie? Would like to ask a few general questions about how one goes about cashing out 600 mil,” which referenced the $600 million Axie Infinity exploit. According to court filings dated July 12, 2025 , prosecutors i...
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