Tornado Cash Dev released from prison by a Dutch court

Tornado developer Cash, Alexey Pertsev, says he will be released from prison on February 7 after a Dutch court canceled his preventive detention in exchange for electronic monitoring.

In <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/alex_pertsev/status/1887523522488283488?s=46″ target=”_blank”>mail In x, Pertsev declared that he will be released from the prison on February 7 at 9 am UTC or 10 in the morning, local time, after a recent court ruling that would allow him to undergo electronic monitoring instead of preventive detention.

The Cash Tornado developer has been attending the arrest in the Netherlands since August 2022 due to the sanction of the United States foreign asset control office towards the platform on money laundering and accusations of illicit finance.

Pertsev and their lawyers are currently working on their appeal after being accused of money laundering in May 2024.

Although he admits that “it is not real freedom,” Pertsev is grateful for the ruling, since he gives him the opportunity to work in his appeal.

“This will give me the opportunity to work in my appeal and fight for justice. Thanks to all those who supported me and made this possible! Said Pertsev.

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The Cash Tornado developer (torn) was declared guilty of money laundering charges by a Dutch court. He was sentenced to five years and four months in prison, to which his lawyers immediately presented an appeal before the ruling.

Pertsev has been denied bail three times. Once in July 2024 and also in November 2023, when the court denied the developer's supply to be released under surveillance after the Prosecutor's Office considered Pertsev as a “risk of escape.”

During the trial, Pertsev lawyers argued that developers should not be considered responsible for building intelligent contract protocols accessible to anyone, a position that interested parties of the crypto industry

However, the Court responded to the argument, saying that Pertsev and the other co -founders of Tornado Cash did not implement strict measures to prevent the platform from being misused by criminal entities such as the group of cyber crimes of North Korea, Lázaro.

In August 2023, Tornado Cash and his co -founders were accused of conspiracy and illegal money transfer charges by the US court. The authorities accused the co -founders Roman Storm and Roman Semenov of helping to wash more than $ 1 billion in illicit funds.