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US legal officials in the criminal proceeding against Tornado Cash co-founder and developer Roman Storm presented evidence from an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent as they prepare to conclude their case on Thursday.<\/p>\n
As reported by Inner City Press on Wednesday, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent Stephan George provided testimony<\/a> indicating that he had analyzed transaction records linked to cryptocurrency platforms Crypto.com and Binance.<\/p>\n George allegedly claimed that Storm \u201c[had] control\u201d over assets after an account affiliated with Binance transferred crypto to Tornado Cash smart contract addresses, based on exchanges between the co-founders: Storm, Alexey Pertsey, and Roman Semenov.<\/p>\n The testimony came after a challenge from Storm\u2019s legal representatives, who sought<\/a> to dismiss it based on an evaluation of Hanfeng Lin\u2019s background \u2014 a victim of a romance scam who previously testified in the trial regarding misappropriated crypto funds sent via Tornado Cash. Storm\u2019s legal team indicated they might request a mistrial<\/a> after findings implied that none of the assets reached the crypto mixing service. <\/p>\n \u201cWhile his accounting background may have provided him with the qualifications to perform the analysis he was retained for, it does not qualify him to testify concerning the tracing of cryptocurrency illicit proceeds which the government is now positing, encompassing not just tracing, but also assigning control over various wallet addresses to the purported hacker, where the identification of accounts is in question,\u201d stated<\/a> Storm\u2019s legal team in a filing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n