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Alexey Pertsev
WatchTornado Cash developer; convicted of money laundering in the Netherlands
Alexey Pertsev was one of the three developers of Tornado Cash and the first to face trial. Dutch prosecutors argued that by writing and maintaining an immutable mixing protocol he was responsible for laundering the funds that passed through it.
Convicted in the Netherlands in May 2024 of laundering roughly $1.2bn through Tornado Cash and sentenced to 64 months; released under electronic monitoring pending appeal in 2025, with the outcome still open. No allegation that he took or misappropriated anyone's funds — the conviction rests on his authorship and operation of the protocol.
ОСУЖДЁН (Нидерланды, 2024): 64 мес за отмывание; апелляция, освобождён под ЭБ (2025) — статус (источник: редакционная база персон v6 — требует проверки)
| Entity / person | Type | Relationship | Period | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TTornado Cash | Coin | Core developer Developer | — | Active |
RS Roman Storm | Person | shared: Tornado Cash Co-founder and developer of Tornado Cash | — | Watch |
RS Roman Semenov | Person | shared: Tornado Cash Co-founder of Tornado Cash; sanctioned and charged in absentia | — | Watch |