Tornado Cash dev wants charges dropped after court said OFAC ‘overstepped’
Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm has petitioned a judge to drop criminal charges against him after an appeals court found the Treasury unlawfully sanctioned the crypto mixer.
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Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm has petitioned a judge to drop criminal charges against him after an appeals court found the Treasury unlawfully sanctioned the crypto mixer.
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