RT toly 🇺🇸 (@aeyakovenko)Roman Storm shouldn’t be prosecuted as a money transmitter.The only function his software and servers provided is broadcasting cryptographically signed user messages without any modification. These messages could have been printed on a t-shirt. They were copied and broadcast by many other internet infrastructure providers like att switches.It makes absolutely zero sense for copying data and broadcasting verbatim to be illegal. If the data is illegal, then the originator is who is at ...

RT toly 🇺🇸 (@aeyakovenko)Roman Storm shouldn’t be prosecuted as a money transmitter.The only function his software and servers provided is broadcasting cryptographically signed user messages without any modification. These messages could have been printed on a t-shirt. They were copied and broadcast by many other internet infrastructure providers like att switches.It makes absolutely zero sense for copying data and broadcasting verbatim to be illegal. If the data is illegal, then the originator is who is at ...

Roman Storm has been found guilty of 1 out of 3 charges in his trial- Operating an unlicensed money transmitter - Guilty- Money laundering - Not Guilty- Sanctions violations - Not GuiltyThe jury being split across the charges does set up a retrial / appeal.And the judge did not remand Storm to prison, stating “There is a lot of fighting left in this case before sentencing, and I think Mr. Storm will stay to fight it.”Roman Storm himself told @EleanorTerrett “It’s a big win. The ‘1960’ charge is bullshit and ...