Roman Storm, the co -founder of Tornado Cash, has requested to help raise $ 500,000 before his trial on Monday for money laundering and penalties violations.
storm to publish On Saturday, he faces a “decisive shortage” and needs to raise $ 500,000 in the next few days, and he will need another million dollars in the next few weeks to cover the cost of his legal battle.
He added: “My team works without stopping to defend the code as freedom of expression, protecting software development, and retracting bypassing the government that threatens us all.”
In May, Pertsev & Storm Free, an organization created to provide legal assistance to Tornado Cash founders, expected The total legal costs to trial the storm will be two million dollars.
However, the storm He said On Friday, his legal fees will reach $ 3.5 million, as his trial can last for up to four weeks, and initially doubled for two weeks, due to “complex legal arguments, unexpected evidence and evidence.”
The storm was arrested in August 2023 on charges of money laundering, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmission device, conspiring to violate US sanctions and face imprisonment for up to 45 years if convicted.
On Friday, the legal storm team tried to postpone the trial, on the pretext that the prosecutors revealed a witness after the end of the specified deadline.
The judge who supervises the criminal trial of the storm, Katherine Villa, said that it would not allow any mention of the sanctions of the US Treasury imposed on Hurricane Kash, which was withdrawn in March.
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In April, the Crypto Lossing Fund Fund Group made a petition for the Trump administration to end the so -called “legal claim” for open source programs, including the Roman storm.
57 % of the goals raised to try Tornado Cash
The storm tries to raise $ 3.5 million in total. At the time of writing this report, the storm managed to do so Lift $ 1.96 million, about 57 % of the goal.
Since donations are made in ETHER (ETH), the amount collected can flip. Currently, ETH is trading at $ 3,030, an increase of 2.9 % in the past 24 hours, According to To Nansen.
Last month, ETAREUM said it would donate $ 500,000 and match society donations of up to $ 750,000 for the legal defense of the storm.
Metacartel’s Bill Warren He said Metacartel Dao has given all the money she left in the cabinet to support the issue.
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