Alexey Pertsev, the promoter of Tornado Cash found guilty of money laundering in 2024, should be released from prison on Friday to prepare his appeal, he said in an article on X.
Dear friends, Friday, February 7 at 10 a.m., I will be free! It is not real freedom, but it is better than prison. Today, a Dutch court has suspended my pre -trial detention under the condition of electronic surveillance. It will give me a chance to work on my call and fight for …
– Alexey Pertsev (@alex_pertsev) February 6, 2025
The 31 -year -old Russian national was sentenced to 64 months in a Dutch prison last May after an indictment said that Péssev was “used to committing money laundering” and should have suspected transactions illicit on the platform.
Tornado Cash is a part -mixing mixture that allows users to send tokens in private to another wallet. It achieves intimacy by pooling funds together and mixing them until the origin is not clear.
The protocol is sanctioned by the American government, which alleges that Tornado Cash was used by the North Korean group of Pirates Lazarus.
