US authorities are determined to convict Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm on two serious charges following a jury deadlock in his four-week trial last year.
The 12-member jury found Storm guilty of conspiracy to operate unlicensed money transmission businesses, but could not reach a verdict on the charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate sanctions.
In a letter to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Katherine Polk Failla dated March 9, federal prosecutors participation the government wants a second chance to convict Storm.
They ask the court to set a date for the new trial, preferably on or around October 5 or 12.
“As the Court is aware, a jury found the defendant guilty on August 6, 2025 on Count Two of the Superseding Indictment and was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on Counts One and Three. The government intends to retry the defendant on Counts One and Three and expects the retrial to last approximately three weeks.”
In a post on social media platform X, Storm say the government is once again trying to make writing code a crime.
“The 2 charges = up to 40 years in prison. For writing open source code. For a protocol I have no control over. For transactions I never touched. A jury already didn’t agree that this was criminal. But SDNY prosecutors want to keep trying in hopes of getting a different answer.
Storm is now increase $250,000 for his legal defense funds.
“Every dollar raised goes directly to keeping this fight alive – lawyers, experts, the entire defense apparatus needed to stand up to SDNY prosecutors. This is not abstract. If I can’t fund a defense, they win by default.”
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