‘A joke in poor taste’: Tornado Cash T-shirt stirs controversy in court
Both prosecutors and defense attorneys have made statements in court about a T-shirt Roman Storm wore at a 2019 Ethereum conference in Boston.
Before Roman Storm’s defense attorneys rested their case on Tuesday, one matter that seemed to provoke some controversy in the courtroom was a T-shirt the Tornado Cash co-founder and developer wore at a crypto event in 2019.
During opening statements in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, both prosecutors and Storm’s lawyers reportedly brought up a Tornado Cash T-shirt the developer wore, which claimed to “wash” Ether (ETH) through the mixing service.
A video posted by a 2019 ETHBoston attendee appeared to show Storm wearing the shirt, which stated “I keep my Ether clean with Tornado.cash,” showing a washing machine that resulted in “clean” ETH.