Federal prosecutors cited the Bitcoin Fog appeals ruling in an October 5 filing opposing Roman Storm’s post-trial acquittal bid. The DOJ said the precedent strengthens its argument that venue was proper in New York for counts involving alleged money laundering and unlicensed money transmission tied to Tornado Cash.
The government relied on a recent D.C. Circuit decision affirming Bitcoin Fog operator Roman Sterlingov’s convictions and 150-month sentence. That court found venue proper because transfers involving a D.C. user furthered the mixer’s laundering activity and because Bitcoin Fog served customers there. Prosecutors argue similar reasoning applies to Tornado Cash activity conducted from Manhattan.
The filing points specifically to testimony that Shakeeb Ahmed accessed Tornado Cash from his Manhattan apartment and left funds in its pools for roughly two days. Storm’s acquittal request remains pending before Judge Katherine Polk Failla, who must decide whether that activity and the government’s broader evidence sufficiently establish venue for the disputed counts.
Source: U.S. District Court filing; U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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