| After
Roman Storm
Trial Motion
for Acquittal
More Delay As
DragonFly
Unsealing
Pends
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 29 – Roman Storm was
charged using his
cryptocurrency mixer Tornado
Cash to help launder money for
North Korea's hackers in the
Lazarus Group.
On September 6,
2023 he was arraigned before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Katherine Polk Failla.
Inner City Press was there - thread
The US on July 9,
2025 filed opposition - just
as in the Samouri Wallet case
a letter from Senator Lummis
and Wyden that cites
theTornado Cash case, letter
now on Patreon, with Samouri
story, here.
On July 11 Inner
City Press live tweeted a
conference in which the US
said Witness-1 only began
speaking to them on July 3 and
is seeking sentence reduction
under Rule 35. Judge Failla
will let Witness-1 testifying,
but expressed doubts on venue.
Thread.
On July 14 Inner
City Press live tweeted jury
selection.
Crypto
Tornado book 1
WAS here
On
October 24 as
Inner City
Press live
tweeted US
v.
Peraire-Bueno,
Amazon without
notice took
down the
Tornado Cash,
SBF and other
books:
censorship.
The
prosecutors
spoke about
Dragonfly
- then asked
to seal it.
Inner City
Press moved to
unseal, and
Judge Failla
asked them
and the defense to
respond by August 19.
On August 5 the
jurors returned with this: no
unanimity on Counts 1 and 3,
guilty on Count 2, conspiracy
to operate an unlicensed money
transmittal business. The AUSA
then asked that Storm be
remanded to jail as a flight
right. Thread.
Judge Failla denied that.
On August 19
Storm through counsel wrote in
saying he does not oppose
Inner City Press' motion to
unseal. And the prosecutors?
We hope to be able to report
on this soon, particularly now
after DOJ Galeotti's statement
- for now, on August 21,
Shakeeb Ahmed who was
transported from jail in West
Virginia to testify against
Storm had his sentence ended
as "time served"...
Early on October
1 Storm's lawyers filed a
motion for acquittal, notice
of motion on Patreon here.
Troublingly, the
US Attorney's Office has still
not docketed any response to
Judge Failla's order they
responded to Inner City Press'
motion to unseal the
transcript on Dragonfly, more
than 40 days after the
deadline.
On October 29 the
US Attorney's Office
requested, and got, delay:
"The Government's deadline to
respond to Defendant's Rule 29
motion is ADJOURNED to
November 12, 2025. Defendant's
reply deadline is ADJOURNED to
December 12, 2025. The
conference scheduled for
December 18, 2025, is
ADJOURNED to January 22, 2026"
Endorsed letter
on Patreon here
More on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is USA
v. Storm, et al., 1:23-cr-430
(Failla)
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