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Solana Policy Institute Donates $500,000 to Support Tornado Cash Developers' Legal Defense

Summary: According to The Block, the Solana Policy Institute has announced a donation of $500,000 to the legal defense fund of Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev. The two individuals were convicted in a case involving a crypto mixer and are facing prison sentences. Pertsev was previously sentenced to 64 months in prison in ...

According to The Block, the Solana Policy Institute has announced a donation of $500,000 to the legal defense fund of Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev. The two individuals were convicted in a case involving a crypto mixer and are facing prison sentences. Pertsev was previously sentenced to 64 months in prison in the Netherlands for assisting in a $1.2 billion money laundering scheme, while Storm was convicted this month in New York for unlicensed money transmission, with the jury unable to reach a unanimous decision on money laundering and sanctions charges.

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