prosecutors in the US cite the Bitcoin Fog precedent to support trying Tornado Cash defendant Roman Storm in New York

Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X platform that US federal prosecutors told Judge Katherine Polk Failla that the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit upheld the conviction of Bitcoin Fog founder Roman Sterlingov on September 25, supporting the trial of Tornado Cash defendant Roman Storm in New York. The appeals court determined that Washington, DC has trial jurisdiction, on the grounds that law enforcement officers once deposited approximately $250 worth of Bitcoin into Bitcoin Fog from Washington, DC. Prosecutors stated that user Shakeeb Ahmed accessed Tornado Cash from his apartment in Manhattan, so the same logic applies. Roman Storm released this letter and pointed out that FinCEN withdrew the 2023 mixer reporting requirement on the same day, because the proposal might suppress legitimate activity.