DOJ Cites Bitcoin Fog Ruling in Bid to Block Roman Storm Acquittal

The DOJ's move matters less for what it says about Tornado Cash than for how it frames venue: prosecutors are using a separate appeals ruling to argue that where activity touched Manhattan is enough to keep parts of the case in New York. That could narrow the grounds on which Storm's acquittal bid rests, shifting the fight from the substance of the charges to procedural geography. Whether courts treat the Bitcoin Fog precedent as genuinely analogous, or as a stretch across different facts, is the open question — and it will shape how developers read exposure for code that routes funds.