Category: Alexey

  • No Bail For Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev, Dutch Court Rules

    The ongoing legal dispute over the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer has put the blockchain sector on alert as developers consider the troubling consequences of assigning programmers responsibility for the use of their software by others. Pertsev’s Dilemma At the center of the storm is Alexei Pertsev, a 31-year-old Russian developer…

  • Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison

    Alexei Burtsev, the developer of the Ethereum-based Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer, was sentenced to 64 months in prison after a Dutch court found him guilty of money laundering on Tuesday. The judge stated that the platform was “intended for criminals” and that Burtsev should have suspected the criminal origins of…

  • Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison

    Alexei Burtsev, the developer of the Ethereum-based Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer, was sentenced to 64 months in prison after a Dutch court found him guilty of money laundering on Tuesday. The judge stated that the platform was “intended for criminals” and that Burtsev should have suspected the criminal origins of…

  • Code is not a crime, and Alexey Pertsev should be free

    Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news editorial. The recent 64-month prison sentence handed down by a Dutch court to Tornado Cash developer Alexei Burtsev sends a shocking message to the tech community: the…