On Thursday, the defense opened its case with Ethereum Core developer Preston van Loon, who sued the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control over sanctions on the Tornado Cash software.

US prosecutors have rested their case against Tornado Cash co-developer Roman Storm, who is charged with three counts of conspiracy, allowing Storm’s lawyers to start his defense.

The government called three witnesses to testify: IRS Special Agent Stephan George, who continued his testimony on tracing a Government witness’ funds, litigation financial analyst Connor O’Sullivan, who alleged that Storm only created the TORN utility token for profit, and a Angelica Cotto, a paralegal specialist for the Illicit Finance & Money Laundering Unit at the US Attorney’s Office, in charge of reading out emails sent to Storm inquiring about stolen funds.

Storm’s lawyers called on Ethereum Core developer Preston van Loon to open their case, who led a lawsuit against OFAC for sanctioning Tornado Cash software. Van Loon testified that he had used Tornado Cash on several occasions to protect his privacy and safety.

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