A jury of 12 people, including one member celebrating her 90th birthday, examined the case of the co-founder of Tornado Cash. They were convicted of a storm of unauthorized currency transfer business, and Still unable to make a decision Other charges.
Jurors in the Storm made some requests for information before announcing their stalemate against two of the charges, according to court documents released by Justice Katherine Failla on Thursday.
In the letter to the judge, there are records of testimony from several witnesses clarifying the causes of the indictment and specific inquiries about the wallets contained in North Korea’s sanctions.
After closing statements during trial Packaging on July 30jurors considered it for a week before announcing their stalemate on money laundering and sanctions allegations. Although every request for information or clarification delays the decision, it seems that no Suggestions for impasse Until Wednesday morning.
“We have tried our best to continue deliberation and make a unanimous decision, but even if we put in a sincere effort to consider all the arguments, we were in a deadlock and their decision was trapped in determination,” the former of the jury wrote on Wednesday at 10:38 a.m., a few hours, hours before an accusation was announced against the body, which was an hour.
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Why are jurors deadlocks over money laundering?
According to the jury’s allegations, the 12 people must agree to reasonable suspicion that the storm reached an “agreed or understood” with others for money laundering, and he “intentionally, intentionally” participated in its illegal purposes.
“Common sense will tell you that many people will have a lot of understanding when people actually take on or agree to a conspiracy to commit a crime,” the jury alleged. “The conspirators usually don’t reduce their agreements on writing. They don’t usually broadcast their plans publicly.”
The detailed description, coupled with the request for information, may partly explain the jurors’ attempt to see whether the role of the storm in cryptocurrency mixing services constitutes a conspiracy to constitute opinions on money laundering and violations of U.S. sanctions.
The juror’s name has been removed from all court filings, but the judge said one of them celebrated her 90th birthday during the deliberations.
As of Friday, a sentencing hearing on Storm’s single felony charge has not been scheduled. It is unclear whether the U.S. government intends to retry the tornado’s co-founder with the remaining allegations.
Cointelegraph contacted Storm’s legal team but received no response at the time of publication.
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