"You haven't persuaded me that the custody issue is as important as you say," judge Failla stated, opining that senior FinCEN employee's views were non-exculpatory.

In a phone conference discussing the issues in the criminal case against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm following the disclosure of senior FinCEN official employee's views that the non-custodial Bitcoin wallet Samourai Wallet likely did not qualify as a money service business, judge Failla stated that she does not know "that those views of two senior people at FinCEN matter."

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