DOJ Fires Back at Roman Storm’s Supreme Court Defense in Tornado Cash Case
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U.S. prosecutors rejected Roman Storm's attempt to use a Supreme Court copyright ruling to dismiss criminal charges in the Tornado Cash case.Summary
U.S. federal prosecutors have formally contested Roman Storm's attempt to leverage the Supreme Court's ruling in "Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment" to dismiss his criminal charges. The DOJ argued that the "Cox" decision, which addressed civil contributory liability in copyright law, is irrelevant to the criminal charges of money laundering and sanctions evasion facing Storm. Prosecutors allege that unlike the proactive compliance measures in the "Cox" case, Storm deliberately ignored criminal activity, including the laundering of $449 million from the Ronin hack. A retrial for the unresolved charges has been proposed for October 2026.
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