New York Judge Rules Tornado Cash Co-Founder Roman Storm Must Face Trial in Money Laundering Case

A U.S. district court judge ruled Thursday that the money laundering case against Roman Storm shall proceed, denying the Tornado Cash co-founder’s motion to dismiss the high-profile case.

The ruling delivered by Judge Katherine Polk Failla in the Southern District of New York found that prosecutors plausibly charged Storm with conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitter, facilitating money laundering and sanctions evasion in operating the coin-mixing service. 

Notably, Failla’s ruling assessed whether the facts alleged by prosecutors met the merits of the charges and not whether Storm was guilty of them.