The Dutch prosecutor's office accuses Alexei Pertsev of laundering $ 1.2 billion
Dutch prosecutors are preparing an indictment in the case of developer Alexei Pertsev, who was at the origins of the Tornado Cash cryptomixer. According to them, he is involved in laundering $ 1.2 billion.
DLNews managed to take a look at the brief version of the indictment. Pertsev, who was arrested in the Netherlands in the summer of 2022, will appear before a local court on March 26. The document emphasizes that the developer "participated in money laundering," but the accused himself denies this.
"Prosecutors suspect Pertsev of money laundering, but described it in general terms, without specifying exactly what actions he committed and which articles of the criminal code he violated," said Keith Cheng, the developer's lawyer.
At the same time, the Dutch prosecutor's office accuses Pertsev of participating in 36 illegal transactions to launder funds stolen from decentralized protocols. The document mentions the laundering of 175 ETH received during the hacking of Ronin Bridge, as well as funds received during the hacking of the Harmony and Nomad Bridge projects.
"The cryptocurrency mixing service is definitely not illegal. Writing code is a legitimate action. But mixing assets obtained through criminal means and hiding the sources of criminal funds is punishable," the Dutch prosecutors note.
Source: https://bits.media/prokuratura-niderlandov-obvinyaet-alekseya-pertseva-v-otmyvanii-1-2-mlrd/
