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The Defiant 2025-01-21 11:15:41

Crypto Developer Sues DoJ to Have Software Declared Legal

Crypto developer Michael Lewellen is suing the federal government to preemptively prevent it from deeming his upcoming crowdfunding protocol illegal. Lewellen’s lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland asks a Texas federal court to rule that the Department of Justice (DoJ) cannot prosecute him for failure to register as a money transmitter. The lawsuit comes in the wake of the DoJ’s prosecution of the developers of crypto mixing services Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet . Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev was sentenced to more than five years in prison in the Netherlands. His colleague Roman Storm is facing trial in the U.S., as are Samourai Wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill. To continue reading this as well as other DeFi and Web3 news, visit us at thedefiant.io

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