U.S. prosecutors seek October retrial for Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm on two unresolved counts
The Facts
- U.S. prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla to set a retrial for Roman Storm in the Southern District of New York.
- Prosecutors are seeking to retry Storm on two counts: conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions.
- The request follows Storm’s prior trial in which the jury did not reach unanimous verdicts on the money-laundering and sanctions-related counts.
- The government proposed that the retrial begin in early October 2026, with potential start dates of Oct. 5 or Oct. 12.
- Prosecutors said the retrial is expected to last about three weeks.
- In the earlier trial, Storm was convicted of conspiring to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business.
Context
What charges would be retried, and why is there a retrial request?
Prosecutors are seeking to retry Roman Storm on conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions because the jury in the prior trial did not reach unanimous verdicts on those two counts. Cointelegraph Decrypt
When do prosecutors want the retrial to happen, and how long would it last?
The government asked the court to schedule jury selection for either Oct. 5 or Oct. 12, 2026, and said the retrial is expected to run about three weeks. Cointelegraph Decrypt
What is Tornado Cash in this case?
The case centers on Tornado Cash, which multiple outlets describe as a crypto mixer or privacy protocol designed to obscure the origin and destination of blockchain transactions. Bitcoin Magazine Asianet News Networ…
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