The American prosecutors in the criminal case against the co-founder and promoter of Tornado Cash and Roman Storm developer proposed testimonies of an internal agent returned Service (IRS) while they are preparing to rest their case on Thursday.
According to Inner City Press reports on Wednesday, the IRS criminal investigation special agent Stephan George, testified He had examined the transaction records connected to the Crypto.com and Binance cryptocurrency exchanges.
George would have said that storm “[had] Control »On the funds after an account linked to Binance sent Crypto to Tornado Cash Smart Contract Adresses, based on communications between the co-founders: Storm, Alexey Pertsey and Roman Semenov.
The testimony followed a challenge to Storm lawyers, which research To exclude it on the basis of an examination of the experience of Hanfeng Lin – a victim of a romantic scam which testified earlier in the trial on stolen cryptographic funds sent via tornado cash. Storm lawyers suggested that they could move for a trial After the research suggested that none of the funds went to the crypto mixture service.
“While his accounting history could have provided him with the expertise to carry out the analysis which was kept to him, he does not qualify him to testify concerning the tracing of the criminal profits of the cryptocurrency that the government currently offers, which includes not only tracing but also attribute control over various portfolios to the alleged hacking of presumed hacking, where the identification of the accounts is in question,” said The Storm legal team in a file on Tuesday.
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The question of whether Storm had the capacity to control the tornado money by blocking or uninciting illicit money laundering, as accusing the accusation is at the heart of the arguments of his criminal affair.
Another witness to the government was should testify As for whether Storm could have changed the platform to dissuade criminal activity, but would have mainly discussed the mixer’s behavior in response to sanctions.
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Storm faces accusations of money laundering, conspiracy in sight to exploit a silver issuer without license and a conspiracy to violate American sanctions linked to his role in Tornado Cash. American prosecutors said they expected to conclude their case on Thursday “before lunch”, after which Storm lawyers are starting to present their defense. According to Inner City Press, Storm lawyers plan to call “two or three doctors” to testify, and perhaps an expert witness to the analysis channel. Review: Bitcoin inheritance: a guide for heirs and not yet beyondDefense lawyers are preparing to present their case