IRS Agent Links Tornado Cash’s Roman Storm to Binance Funds and Offshore Dealings
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23-07-2025 21:50:00
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Federal prosecutors presented evidence suggesting Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm moved millions through Binance and coordinated with co-founders to send funds and buy offshore real estate. IRS-CI Special Agent Stephan George told the jury he traced over $533,000 in USDT from a Binance account allegedly controlled by Storm. He said the funds were moved on August 9, 2022, and distributed across three wallet addresses. Storm Allegedly Sent $2.6 Million Each to Co-Founders Prosecutors showed chat logs between Tornado Cash’s founding trio: Roman Storm, Roman Semenov, and Alexey Pertsev. In one message, Storm wrote: “I overloaded 8 million yesterday.” Another message stated: “I sent you guys 2.6 million each.” Agent George said these communications indicated Storm had access to the funds and decision-making power over the wallet in question. In a separate message, Storm reportedly told a colleague to: “Give her a task to f**ing open various offshores… and to buy real estate.”* Prosecutors also read a message fro