Dutch prosecutors are preparing an indictment in the case of developer Alexey Pertsev, who was at the origins of the cryptomixer Tornado Cash. According to them, he is involved in laundering $1.2 billion.

DLNews managed to look at a short version of the indictment. Pertsev, who was arrested in the Netherlands in the summer of 2022, will appear in local court on March 26. The document emphasizes that the developer “participated in money laundering,” but the accused himself denies this.

“Prosecutors suspect Pertsev of money laundering, but they described it in general terms, without specifying exactly what actions he committed and what articles of the criminal code he violated,” said the developer’s lawyer Keith Cheng.

At the same time, the Dutch prosecutor's office accuses Pertsev of participating in 36 illegal transactions to launder funds stolen from decentralized protocols. The document mentions the laundering of 175 ETH obtained from the Ronin Bridge hack, as well as funds obtained from the Harmony and Nomad Bridge hacks.

“Cryptocurrency mixing services are not absolutely illegal. Writing code is a legal activity. But mixing assets obtained by criminal means and concealing the sources of criminal funds is punishable,” note Dutch prosecutors.

Let us remind you that Roman Storm, another co-founder of Tornado Cash, is also awaiting trial in the United States. Meetings are due to begin in September. Another co-founder of the service, Roman Semenov, is wanted.