Offering the service of mixing cryptocurrencies Tornado Cash (TORN), USA government by on August 8 OFAC added to the sanctions list.
Following this move, many platforms have blocked wallets associated with Tornado Cash.
Tornado Cash’s A person thought to be its developer was also arrested in the Netherlands on 10 August.
arrested in the Netherlands Alexey Pertsev A new allegation has been made.
intelligence firm Charon in a report by Tornado Cash’s developer Alexey Pertsev previously Russian security agency FSB It is stated that he works for a subsidiary company.
According to the report, Pertsev worked as an information security specialist and smart contract developer at Digital Security OOO, a company affiliated to the Russian intelligence service FSB, in 2017.
The Kharon vice president of research said that Pertsev was tested at this company and was later commissioned to assist the FSB’s piracy activities.
Authorities stated that there is a very complex picture that needs to be resolved within the scope of this investigation.
The sanctions imposed on Tornado Cash were met with a strong backlash in the cryptocurrency industry, with the US government accused of “violating privacy”. So much so that even senators sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, criticizing the sanctions imposed on Tornado Cash.
The connection of the Tornado Cash developer with the Russian intelligence service will become clearer as the investigation deepens. Can a link be found to ransomware attacks by Russians in the US, where they were paid in crypto? We will be following.
Torn, which was badly injured after the US sanctions, lost 10% of its value today after the latest news.
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