The U.S. Department of Justice rejects Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm’s motion to dismiss criminal charges against him

According to BlockBeats, on April 27, Coindesk reported that the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday rejected Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm's motion to withdraw criminal charges against him, saying that the documents submitted by the defendant raised controversial facts that the jury should weigh. BlockBeats previously reported that Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm had previously asked the judge to withdraw charges involving money laundering. Roman Storm's lawyers said that Tornado Cash was developed and publicly available before it was used by hacker groups sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department. Therefore, Roman Storm had little ability to prevent sanctioned entities from using Tornado Cash when alleged misconduct occurred.