Ban for Kidnapping Evidence for Roman Storm Tornado Cash Trial
Prosecutors for New York don move to stop defense testimony wey dey talk about kidnap, threats, and torture linked to cryptocurrency holdings inside Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm trial. Interim US Attorney Jay Clayton tell Judge Katherine Failla say this kind evidence dey cause inflammation, biased and no concern Storm’s mind. Storm dey face charges like money laundering, running unlicensed money-transmitting service and break US sanctions. Since dem choose jury on Monday, prosecutors don object defense mention of user safety two times and wan limit evidence under privacy and relevance rules. Testimony so far include one Taiwanese investor wey talk about stolen fund flows, McDermott Will & Emery lawyer wey represent BitMart hack victim and former associate Justin Bram on Tornado Cash’s mixing features and geo-blocking. Court judgment on this motion fit narrow the scope of evidence wey dey allowed and fit set precedent for crypto-related trials.
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