Prosecutors Cite Bitcoin Fog Ruling Against Roman Storm's Venue Challenge
Federal prosecutors urged a New York judge to reject Roman Storm’s challenge to the venue of his Tornado Cash trial, arguing that an appeals court ruling upholding Bitcoin Fog founder Roman Sterlingov’s conviction supports trying Storm in Manhattan. They cited testimony that a Tornado Cash user accessed the service there and deposited funds for several days. Storm was convicted in 2025 of conspiring to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business; jurors deadlocked on money-laundering and sanctions charges. A retrial on those counts is scheduled for April 2027. Separately, FinCEN withdrew a 2023 proposal to require reporting on international crypto-mixing transactions, citing concerns that its broad definition could chill legitimate activity.
