URoman Storm, ongumsunguli weTornado Cash, kulindeleke ukuthi abhekane necala ngoDisemba 2 eNew York ngamacala okukhwabanisa imali. Lokhu kulandela isinqumo seJaji lesiFundazwe laseMelika uKatherine Polk Failla, owachitha umzamo kaStorm wokulahla amacala.
UStorm wayephikise ngokuthi indima yakhe ku-Tornado Cash yayihlanzekile njengomthuthukisi wesofthiwe, ngaphandle kokulawula ukuthi ithuluzi lasetshenziswa kanjani. Kodwa-ke, iJaji u-Failla walilahla lokhu kuzivikela, echaza ukuthi icala lincike ekutheni uStorm wayazi yini ukuthi uphatha imali etholakala emisebenzini yobugebengu, hhayi ukuthi wenza itulo nabasebenzisi. Ijaji ligcizelele ukuthi ijaji kufanele linqume ulwazi nenhloso kaStorm ngalolu daba.
Amacala, ahlanganisa ukwakha itulo lokwenza ukukhwabanisa imali kanye nokwephulwa komthetho we-International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), avela ngezinsolo zokuthi iTornado Cash yenza lula ukuthengiselana okungekho emthethweni, kuhlanganise nalezo ezixhumene neLazarus Group yaseNorth Korea.
UJake Chervinsky, oyiChief Legal Officer eSu variant Fund, ugxeke lesi sinqumo, wasichaza njengengozi enkululekweni yabathuthukisi besofthiwe. UStorm, oye walivuma icala, uzobhekana necala lamasonto amabili, kanti umthuthukisi wakhe uRoman Semenov uhlala ekhululekile.