Overview
- SDNY prosecutors filed a letter on March 10 asking to retry Roman Storm on conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions.
- The government proposed October 5 or 12, 2026 for the proceedings and estimated a roughly three‑week trial, urging the court to set a date to avoid delays.
- The two unresolved counts carry a combined maximum sentence of up to 40 years in prison following last year’s split verdict, which convicted Storm only on an unlicensed money‑transmitting charge.
- Storm’s defense opposes setting a schedule before the Rule 29 ruling, and Storm said on X that the case targets open‑source coding while his legal funds are largely depleted.
- A recent Treasury report to Congress acknowledged lawful privacy uses for mixers, creating a contrast with the Justice Department’s push to retry the case.