Roman Storm trial rocked by tracing errors and mistrial calls
As the trial of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm continues into its second week, crypto forensics experts have raised doubts over the credibility of evidence presented by the prosecution. Independent investigators decry clumsy tracing efforts, the use of a report from a dodgy forensics company shut down by the feds, and dirty tricks from the prosecution, in what many characterize as a battle for code as free speech Calls for mistrial after ‘bumbling’ efforts to trace funds After Storm’s lawyer David Patton called for a mistrial at the end of Monday’s session, blockchain sleuths dug deeper into what the prosecution presented as the laundering of scam victim’s funds through the Tornado Cash mixer. The validity of testimony presented by the government’s first witness, Katie Lin, was scrutinized over the weekend by MetaMask’s Taylor Monahan, who has spent years tracing funds from large-scale pig butchering schemes, such as the one Lin fell victim to. Monah...