Twister Money founder Roman Storm’s authorized workforce is accusing the federal government of withholding info from the court docket.
Storm was arrested in 2023 and slapped with expenses associated to allegedly laundering $1 billion in felony proceeds, together with a whole lot of thousands and thousands of {dollars} for the Lazarus Group, the sanctioned North Korean cybercriminal outfit.
The Twister Money founder was additionally charged with working an unregistered money-transmitting enterprise, although that a part of the indictment was dropped earlier this month in accordance with an April Division of Justice (DOJ) memo that inspired an finish to digital asset “regulation by prosecution.” The prosecutors are nonetheless pursuing the opposite expenses.
Now, Storm’s legal professionals claim authorities prosecutors have held onto exculpatory supplies since 2023 concerning their claims that noncustodial crypto mixers can act as cash transmitters.
“A latest submitting in the same prosecution involving Samourai Pockets, a noncustodial cryptocurrency mixer, revealed that, on August 23, 2023, S.D.N.Y. prosecutors had a beforehand undisclosed name with senior officers from the Monetary Crimes Enforcement Community (FinCEN)…
Throughout that decision, FinCEN officers acknowledged that as a result of Samourai ‘didn’t take ‘custody’ of the cryptocurrency by possessing the non-public keys to any addresses the place the cryptocurrency is saved, that may strongly recommend that Samourai is NOT (emphasis in unique) appearing as an MSB [money services business/money transmitting business].’”
Although the federal government has dropped the unregistered money-transmitter portion of the indictment, Storm’s legal professionals nonetheless declare that the failure to reveal these paperwork constitutes a “Brady violation” and has “materially prejudiced” the Twister Money founder’s protection.
Brady violations contain prosecutors failing to reveal pertinent proof that may assist a defendant’s case. They can lead to conviction reversals, mistrials, cost dismissals and/or prosecutorial misconduct expenses.
Storm’s trial is scheduled for July 14th.
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