Three cryptocurrency advocacy groups are supporting Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm.
The U. S. Department of Justice has charged Storm with illegal money transfers and money laundering.
The #Blockchain Association has challenged Tornado Cash's classification as a money transfer operator.
According to recent reports, three major #cryptocurrency organizations have confirmed that they support Roman Storm, the developer of cryptomixer Tornado Cash, who is facing charges from the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ). On April 5, Blockchain Association, Coin Center #BTC Education Fund filed an amicus brief in support of Mr. Storm's motion to dismiss the charges.
Storm, a U. S. citizen and one of the platform's developers, was charged along with missing person Roman Semenov. In addition, Alexey Pertsev, co-founder of Cryptomixer, is on trial in the Netherlands. US police arrested Storm involved in Tornado Cash and charged him and others with conspiracy to operate an illegal money transfer and money laundering company.
The Blockchain Association accused the U. S. Department of Justice of labeling Tornado Cash as an illegal money transfer company. They argue that despite FinCEN's claims, the platform has no control over the assets of its users and should not be labeled as such. This view casts doubt on the legal basis for one of the main accusations against Storm and its creators.
In response, the DeFi Education Foundation challenged the U. S. Department of Justice's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in the Storm case. According to the foundation, this interpretation of IEEPA could result in developers being disproportionately responsible for how others use their software and could stall the application development sector. The foundation said such an interpretation of IEEPA could have "devastating" consequences.
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