Roman Storm’s retrial postponed to April 26, 2027

Roman Storm, co-founder of the Ethereum-based privacy mixer Tornado Cash, will have to wait until at least April 2027 before facing a jury again. US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla ordered the postponement on August 25, 2026, citing Storm’s still-pending motion for acquittal, a motion that has sat without a ruling for nearly a year. The retrial, originally targeted for October 2026, now carries a start date of April 26, 2027. What happened at trial, and what’s still unresolved Storm went to trial in the summer of 2025 on three federal charges in the Southern District of New York, case number 23 Cr. 430. The jury convicted him on one count: conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. The other two counts were far more serious. Charges related to money laundering conspiracy and sanctions violations each carry potential sentences of up to 20 years. On those, the jury deadlocked, unable to reach a unanimous verdict. Prosecutors decided not to let it go. They opted to retry Storm on those unresolved counts. Storm’s defense team filed a Rule 29 motion for judgment of acquittal on September 30, 2025, essent...