Alexey Pertsev is accused of laundering $1.2 billion

The Dutch prosecutor's office has accused Alexey Pertsev, one of the developers of the Tornado Cash mixer, of laundering $1.2 billion. DL News with reference to the received decision.

The papers indicate that Pertsev was involved in laundering illegally obtained funds through the platform. The resolution mentions 36 suspicious transactions.

One of them is labeled “Ronin cross-chain protocol.” Let us remind you that in 2022, the platform was hacked for $625 million. Suspicion fell on the North Korean group Lazarus Group.

In a comment to the publication, Pertsev's lawyer Kate Cheng said that the prosecutor's office did not provide any evidence of her client's probable connection with these transactions. The defense insists that the accused cannot be held responsible for activities on the platform, since he did not manage it.

According to the data received, the hearing in Pertsev’s case will take place in the Netherlands on March 26, 2024.

The developer of the mixer was detained in Amsterdam in August 2022. His arrest caused a wave of outrage from the crypto community.

He spent a total of about nine months in prison. In addition to Pertsev, another creator of the mixer, Roman Storm, is suspected of money laundering. They previously launched a fundraising campaign to pay for lawyers.

Source: Cryptocurrency

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