Tornado Cash dev freed from prison by Dutch court

Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev says he will be released from prison on February 7 after a Dutch court has canceled his pre -trial detention in exchange for electronic surveillance.

In a job On X, Pertsev declared that he would be released from prison on February 7 at 9:00 a.m. UTC or at 10 a.m. at local time, following a recent court decision that would allow him to undergo electronic surveillance Instead of pre -trial detention.

THE Tornado Cash The promoter has been in detention in the Netherlands since August 2022 due to the sanction of the American office of foreign assets of the US Treasury with regard to the platform on money laundering and illicit funding allegations.

Pertsev and his lawyers are currently working on his call after being accused of money laundering in May 2024.

Although he admits that it is “not real freedom”, PétSev is grateful for the decision because it gives him the opportunity to work on his call.

“It will give me a chance to work on my call and fight for justice. Thank you to everyone who supported me and who made this possible! Said Perseev.

Tornado money (TORN) The developer was found guilty of money laundering accusations of a Dutch court. He was sentenced to five years and four months in prison, to which his lawyers immediately appealed to the decision.

Pertsev was denied release under bail three times. Once in July 2024 and also in November 2023, when the court rejected the developer’s advocacy to be released under surveillance after the accusation considered PERSEEV as a “risk of theft”.

During the trial, pantsev lawyers argued that the developers should not be held responsible for the creation of intelligent contract protocols accessible to anyone, a position that stakeholders in the cryptographic industry have long echoed.

However, the court has at the argument, claiming that Pertesev and the other Tornado cash-founders have not implemented strict measures to prevent the platform from being used by criminal entities such as the North Korean cybercrime group, Lazarus.

In August 2023, Tornado Cash and his co-founders were charged with conspiracy and illegal money transfer of the American court. The authorities accused the co-founders of Roman Storm and Roman Semenov of helping to whiten more than a billion dollars in illicit funds.