"The jury reasonably concluded that Tornado Cash transferred funds," the Government states.

In October, Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, who was found guilty of conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitter earlier this year in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), filed a motion for acquittal on all counts.

At trial, the jury was unable to come to a conclusion on whether Storm conspired to commit money laundering and conspired to violate US sanctions, resulting in a deadlock.

Now the Government has filed its opposition, arguing that Storm's motion for acquittal should be denied because Tornado Cash did transmit user funds – a finding which appears at odds with FinCEN guidance, the opinion of senior FinCEN employees, the opinion of members of Congress, and the Department of Justice itself.

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