Tornado Cash Co-founder Roman Storm May Request Trial Postponement Due to Witness Dispute

On July 11, CryptoSlate reported that the legal team of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm may apply for a brief postponement of the trial because the prosecution plans to call a hacker who allegedly used the mixing protocol as a witness. Storm's defense team has filed documents with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking to exclude the testimony of this unnamed witness, arguing that the prosecution disclosed the witness information after the agreed deadline. The defense argues that this testimony could mislead the jury into wrongly believing that Storm was involved in the hacking activities. Storm's trial is scheduled to begin on July 14, and he faces charges of money laundering, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmission business, and conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions. The judge is expected to rule on the witness motion before the end of this week. [Deep Tide TechFlow]