Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison by Dutch Court
Alexey Pertsev, a developer of Tornado Cash, has been sentenced to 64 months in prison by a Dutch court for money laundering. The indictment stated that Pertsev engaged in money laundering between July 9, 2019, and August 10, 2022, and should have suspected the criminal origins of illicit transactions on the Tornado Cash platform. Pertsev was first jailed in August 2022 after Tornado Cash was blacklisted by the U.S government for being a tool for the North Korean hacking group Lazarus. The outcome of Pertsev's trial could influence future trials of other Tornado Cash developers. Roman Storm and Roman Semenov, also developers of Tornado Cash, face similar allegations in the U.S. Storm's trial is scheduled for September, while Semenov has not been arrested yet.
