SDNY withheld from Samourai Wallet defense attorneys that FinCEN had told them in prior communications Samourai is not an MSB.

The judge addressed questions and requests from the defense regarding updated motions and the legitimacy of certain data that will be used as evidence in the case.

With a jury finalized, the prosecution and defense made their opening statements, each featuring a very different slant on Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm’s intentions in creating Tornado Cash.

IRS Special Agent Stephan George’s testimony regarding some of Hanfeng Lin’s stolen funds having been put through Tornado Cash seemed credible enough to inhibit the defense from submitting a motion…

14 months after being charged with conspiring to commit money laundering and conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, the Samourai Wallet founders have pled guilty to the latter charge.

Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm has been found guilty of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, while the jury wasn’t unanimous on the other two counts that the developer faced.