The US Ministry of Justice will abandon part of a chief of his case against the developer of Tornado Cash Roman Storm due to a recent police note, the agency announced on Thursday.
The Doj will not go on an accusation alleging that Storm will not comply with the registration rules of the companies of the silver issuer, but still plans to proceed in July for allegations that he knowingly transmitted the funds related to the crimes, conspired to commit money laundering and conspired to violate the law on sanctions, said the MJ in a letter.
“The government writes to update the court concerning this case, which should be tried on July 14, 2025,” said the letter. “After examining this case, this office and the office of the general sub-procurer determined that this prosecution was in accordance with the letter and the spirit of the memorandum of April 7, 2025 of the general sub-procurer.”
The memo of April 7, written by the Vice-Procureur General Todd Blanche, ordered prosecutors not to pursue cases where regulations may be clear or did not meet certain criteria, specifically affirming that the DoJ should end “regulations by prosecution”. Prosecutors in another case against the developers of the cryptographic mixer Samurai Wallet have already asked a judge supervising this case to do so while they are examining the note.
In a statement, Brian Klein of Waymaker LLP told Coindesk that his company, which represents Storm, believes that this case should never have been worn “.
“His dismissal would be in accordance with the policies of the Trump administration and the principles described by the Ministry of Justice in his recent cryptocurrency guide,” he said. “The pursuit of novel is a threat to the whole cryptography industry and the interests of justice will be better served by its rapid dismissal. We will not stop fighting for novel and this result.”
Klein spoke at the Coindesk Consensus 2025 Conference on Wednesday in Toronto, where he also shared his opinion that the case should not have been worn.
“One of the defenses we have raised, which is recognized in the United States, is coding-by literally typing code-you have protections of freedom of expression for coding,” he said. “It is as if you were writing a book or if you have done another type of expressive activity.”
