NEW YORK, New York — The presiding judge in the criminal trial involving Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm has declared that the verdict from a related case, Van Loon vs. Department of the Treasury, will not be permissible in the upcoming trial, scheduled to start on July 14.

“The words ‘Van Loon’ are not going to show up in this trial,” District Judge Katherine Polk Failla emphasized during a hearing on Tuesday in Manhattan.

This ruling emerged during a crucial status conference ahead of the trial’s proceedings, which primarily dealt with motions in limine aimed at excluding certain evidence or testimonies. The judge is yet to finalize decisions regarding which witnesses will be allowed to testify during Storm’s trial.

Previously, there were discussions around the implications of the Van Loon case, where a Texas judge ruled that the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) acted illegally when it sanctioned Tornado Cash. Following the ruling, Tornado Cash was removed from the sanctions list in March.

The trial, initially slated for two weeks, is now expected to continue longer, potentially for a full month. Failla raised concerns that discussing sanctions might confuse jurors and urged the parties to minimize references to North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction, which the prosecution claims are linked to money laundering facilitated by Tornado Cash.

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