Roman Storm, a co-founder of the cryptocurrency mixing service Tornado Cash, has filed a motion seeking the dismissal of charges levied against him. Storm, who was arrested and charged with a number of offenses connected to his actions in starting the Tornado Cash platform, has presented a lot of legal defenses to cover the accusations.
Among the defenses raised, the right under the First Amendment to free speech is a key part of the argument, which suggests that the practice of writing code is protected under this constitutional provision.
Storm was charged with conspiracy to money laundering, conspiracy to breach the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, and conducting an unlicensed money transmitting business. All of these charges are highly punishable, with the harshest being imprisonment up to twenty years. Meanwhile, Storm’s legal team claims that the indictment is fatally defective, arguing that the software development carried out by Storm and his colleagues was a leg
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