Ethereum Foundation (EF) has promised to donate up to $ 500,000 to the co-founder of tornado cash to support its ongoing legal defense. It follows the reality trial decision in which the storm was found guilty of one of the three allegations.
Ethereum Foundation supports the co-founder of the tornado cash
On Thursday, this copy and the stomatic fundamenter revealed that the Etharium Foundation would match donations of up to $ 500,000 to support the legal defense of the co-founder of the tornado cash in the decision of this week.
In an X post, the Funderizer’s team reported that these funds would not be required to control the fight in the trial court and on the appeal to control the fight for Roman. Developers worldwide. ,
According to a report by a bitcoinist, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office Department of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) approved tornado cash in August 2022, to fail to stop effective control to prevent effective control to stop malicious actors to stop malicious actors through protocols including Hacking Group, Lazaras Group, including $ 455 million by Lazrus Group.
The storm was detained and indicated after the tornado cash sanctions and was accused of plotting money laundering, plotting of restrictions, and conspiring to operate unlicensed money-transmitting business.
On 6 August, the decision of a long -edited test, which started twice on July 14, was announced. No, the jury was unable to take a unanimous decision of two of the three allegations: the conspiracy of money laundering and plot to violate the restrictions.
However, the jury found the co-founder of tornado cash guilty of the remaining charge: a conspiracy to operate a non-license-transmitted business, who could be a 5-year conviction for the co-founder of the Crypto Mixer.
After the verdict, he told journalist Ellenor Terit that the decision was “a big win.” 1960 “Charge is nonsense and we are going to fight it all the way. Battle”?
As the free pert sev and the store team has expanded, “Roman has risked by 5 years of prison time, if he does not win the appeal, and potentially decides to re -decide if the governing counsels for decades.”
What’s next to protect the store?
Unchant and journalist Laura Shin Inter interviewed former prosecutor Sam Enzer and discussed the verdict and what is further for the co-founder of tornado cash. Enzer said that before appearing to appeal, “after that,” there would be a briefing on him. The court, Judge will rule Phillah. ,
As the former prosecutors explained, if the judge rules believe that confectiones were appropriate at the conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money, they could process for semining. Additionally, the government can bring a storm to two positions for the jury.
Therefore, it is possible that they can be retired, or a judge, I think the confection was unfair, and introduced acquaintances that the jury should have been acquitted.
Enzer said that if the emission of these “extreme” results, Pakistan’s subcontinent is about the disturbing of the government, then it is disturbed with outside. ,
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