The US Department of Justice requests reexamination of Tornado Cash co-founder, primarily for money laundering and sanctions violations.

BlockBeats News, March 10, Cryptocurrency journalist Eleanor Terrett posted on social media, stating, "The U.S. Department of Justice has requested a retrial of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm, regarding two charges on which the initial jury could not agree: money laundering and sanctions violations. The prosecutor has proposed setting the retrial date for early October, despite Storm's motion to overturn his unlicensed money transmitting charge under Rule 29 still pending."

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