Tornado Cash defence says prosecutors misled court on crypto mixer laws – DL News
- Storm’s lawyers say prosecutors hid key FinCEN communications.
- FinCEN said Samourai Wallet likely wasn’t a money transmitter.
- The defence argues this weakens the case against Tornado Cash.
Roman Storm’s legal team is accusing federal prosecutors of misleading the court about how US law treats noncustodial crypto mixers.
His lawyers cited newly surfaced details from a related case against Samourai Wallet developers.
In a motion filed on Friday, Storm’s lawyers argue that prosecutors withheld key communications with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network that could undermine the government’s central claim that Tornado Cash operated as an unlicensed money transmitting business under US law.
The filing points to an August 2023 call…
