Storm's acquittal motion has sat undecided for a year while his retrial slips to 2027

Roman Storm, a developer of Tornado Cash, stated that Chainalysis assisted prosecutors in tracking his transactions. He pointed out that the same firm was earning fees as a Tornado Cash relayer in 2022.

He made the point on X on Tuesday, hours after a federal judge pushed his second trial deep into 2027. The developer is currently facing a retrial on money-laundering and sanctions charges.

The double-standard claim Storm is making

Storm’s complaint is based on the relayer, which is an intermediary service that enables people to withdraw funds from a crypto mixer without revealing their wallet addresses.

Storm says the court records in his case show Chainalysis provided just that type of service to Tornado Cash in 2022 and earned fees for doing so.

Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics firm, helped the U.S. government assemble the case against Storm.

“So the company that helped trace my ‘criminal’ transactions was itself profiting from Tornado Cash transactions, while I was prosecuted over software I helped create,” Storm wrote.

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