On the eve of the Tornado Cash joint venture Roman Storm trial, pressure is being exerted on the court to disclose FinCEN related materials

According to DL News, the legal team of Tornado Cash's joint venture Roman Storm has accused federal prosecutors of misleading the court on how US law treats non custodial cryptocurrency mixers, citing newly disclosed details in a case against the developer of Samourai Wallet, and pointing out that prosecutors have not disclosed key communications with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which could weaken the government's core allegations of Tornado Cash operating as an unlicensed fund transfer business. The Roman Storm defense also cited details disclosed in cases related to the developers of Samourai Wallet, emphasizing that FinCEN had previously stated that Samourai Wallet may not meet the definition of a fund service business due to not hosting user funds. Given that Tornado Cash is also a non custodial agreement, the defense argues that this position also applies. Currently, Roman Storm's legal team is requesting the court to require the government to disclose all communications with FinCEN and provide materials related to the Samourai Wallet case. The trial is scheduled to begin on July 14th.