2023-08-28
Roman Storm was arrested on August 23, 2023. Two founders of Tornada Cash crypto mixer, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov have been charged by U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York with laundering $1 billion in criminal proceedings over the years, including hundreds of millions of dollars for Lazarus.
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On August 25, Brian Klein, Roman Storm’s
attorney informed on his Twitter that his client is out on bail. He did not
disclose the amount of money Roman Storm paid for bail. Brian Klein said that
his client is a software developer. The incident has dangerous implications for all software
developers.
Scammers and hackers use crypto mixing
services to launder money. U.S. government wants to regulate crypto mixing
services because they did not implement know-your-customer (KYC) or anti-money-laundering programs.
