Judge’s ‘quick Google search’ found no crypto kidnappings before Tornado Cash — but there were – DL News
- Judge allows crypto kidnapping references in Roman Storm trial.
- She’s doubtful there were any major incidents before Storm was indicted.
- There were more than 137 crypto extortion incidents before August 8, 2022.
Did Roman Storm want to protect crypto users from kidnapping and extortion in his development of Tornado Cash?
That’s the question set to play a key role in the developer’s defence as his trial enters its second week.
Crypto extortion incidents are where criminals use the visible onchain data to identify targets with large stashes of crypto, kidnapping, torturing, or blackmailing victims and their families into giving up their assets.
Tornado Cash breaks the line of traceability between crypto transactions, and can help users…
