Tornado Cash dev Alex Pertsev set to be released from prison under surveillance

Tornado Cash developer Alex Pertsev is acceptable to beryllium released from jailhouse aft spending astir 9 months successful prison. Pertsev was arrested successful August past twelvemonth by Dutch authorities connected suspicion of being progressive successful wealth laundering done the crypto mixing work Tornado Cash.

Cointelegraph confirmed the quality with the radical acquainted with the matter, and Pertsev is each acceptable to beryllium backmost location by April 26, which besides happens to beryllium his birthday.

Pertsev was arrested soon aft the United States Treasury Department placed dozens of Tornado Cash addresses connected the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) sanctions database connected Aug. 8. 

The suspended merchandise would see Pertsev enactment nether supervision with an ankle monitor, according to Pertsev's woman who talked to Cointelegraph and expressed her happiness connected the verdict:

"I judge that present we volition beryllium capable to afloat hole the defence and beryllium that Alex did not bash thing that helium is accused of, and I americium precise atrocious for the wasted clip that helium spent successful prison. It had a almighty effect connected him and connected me, it cardinally changed our lives. But the main happening is that helium volition beryllium escaped soon."

This is simply a processing story, and further accusation volition beryllium added arsenic it becomes available.