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Roman Storm Guilty of Unlicensed Money Transmitting Conspiracy in Partial Verdict
After two Allen charges and four days of deliberation, a New York jury could not reach a unanimous agreement on the conspiracy to commit money laundering charge or the sanctions evasion charge.
Roman Storm Jury Deadlocked, Judge Tells Them to Keep Deliberating
After four days of deliberations, the New York jury deciding Tornado Cash Roman Storm’s fate said they can’t reach a unanimous verdict on all three charges.
Samourai Wallet Devs Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Run Unlicensed Money Transmitter
The pair’s plea change comes amid Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s ongoing criminal trial on similar charges.
Roman Storm Trial: Is Coding A Crime? The Tornado Cash Court Battle Intensifies
Over the last several trial days, the government laid out its case that Roman Storm could have changed the Tornado Cash protocol to make it less attractive to cyber criminals, but chose not to.
Legitimate Privacy Tool or Dirty Money ‘Laundromat’? Lawyers Debate Role of Tornado Cash on Day 1 of Roman Storm Trial
Storm’s lawyers say their client had nothing to do with the criminals using Tornado Cash. Prosecutors say he was capable of stopping them, and chose not to.
U.S. Appeals Court (Mostly) Affirms 2023 Ruling Tossing Out Uniswap Class Action Suit
Only the state law claims will get another shot.
U.S. Law Enforcement Seizes $31M in Crypto Tied to Uranium Finance Hack
Hackers made off with approximately $50 million when the automated market maker was exploited in 2021.
Private Jets, Political Cash Among $1B in Sam Bankman-Fried's Forfeited Assets: Court
A federal court confirmed the final tally of SBF assets the government staked a claim to, including $606 million in Robinhood stock sales and two private jets.
Pump.Fun Hit With Proposed Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Securities Violations
The suit alleges that Pump.fun has made nearly $500 million in fees from helping users generate memecoins.
Trump Names Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton to DOJ Office, the Same Office That Prosecuted SBF
Clayton oversaw the SEC between 2017 and 2020.
