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Attorneys for Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm filed a motion asking the 
court to reconsider the motion to dismiss the case due to the prosecution 
withholding exculpatory evidence in the form of communications with the 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) dating back to 2023.
According to a May 16 letter from Storm&#8217;s attorneys to Judge Katherine Polk 
Failla, the FinCEN documents show that non-custodial crypto mixers do not fall 
under the legal definition of a &#8220;money transmitting business&#8221; and that 
prosecutors have known this since at least 2023.
Despite having knowledge of the FinCEN guidance on crypto mixers, state 
prosecutors still proceeded with cases against the Samourai Wallet developers 
and Tornado Cash, the attorneys alleged.
_Letter sent by Roman Storm &#8216;s attorneys to Judge Failla. Source: __Court 
Listener_
US prosecutors denied they withheld the evidence, claiming they submitted the 
FinCEN communications within the stipulated timeframe to produce the documents 
for the defense and the court during legal discovery.
Storm&#8217;s defense cited the same legal documents and the same argument the 
Samourai Wallet developer&#8217;s attorneys posed to the court in a May 5 legal 
letter. Storm&#8217;s attorneys wrote:
&gt; &#8220;The disclosures in the Samourai case reveal that the government, at the 
&gt; very least, played fast and loose and, at worst, affirmatively misled this 
&gt; Court with its arguments about FinCEN guidance when responding to the 
&gt; motions to dismiss and to compel discovery.&#8221;
The letter went on to argue that although the government continues to claim 
that the cases bear only &#8220;superficial similarities&#8221; to each other, they share 
the core characteristics of cryptocurrency mixers under the law, thus making 
the FinCEN documents salient to dismissing the case against Storm.
_The 2023 communications between US prosecutors and FinCEN. Source:__Court 
Listener_
 _**Related:**__**Crypto group asks Trump to end prosecution of crypto devs, 
Roman Storm**_
## Roman Storm&#8217;s trial moves ahead despite sanctions against Tornado ruled 
unlawful
Federal Judge Robert Pitman issued a ruling on April 28 denying the Office of 
Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) the ability to reimpose sanctions on Tornado 
Cash &#8212; setting a legal precedent for non-custodial mixer cases.
Despite this, US federal prosecutors still moved ahead with the case against 
Storm although the charges have been modified.
_**Magazine:**__**Tornado Cash 2.0: The race to build safe and legal coin 
mixers**_

Tornado Cash dev's attorneys say prosecutors hid exculpatory evidence

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from 
Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, Meliuz pioneers 
bitcoin as a corporate reserve asset in Brazil, Argentine crypto wallets face 
potential extinction, and Ripple launches a pilot to benefit Colombian 
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Panama City might be on the verge of taking an important step in becoming a 
bitcoin pioneer. The mayor of Panama City, Mayer Mizrachi, has awoken 
speculation from part of the crypto community, with a cryptic post after 
meeting known bitcoin proponents Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert. In social 
media, Mizrachi assessed that this meeting […]

Panama City Eyes Bold Move With Potential Bitcoin Reserve

Argentine federal judge María Servini has ordered banks to disclose President 
Javier Milei’s and his sister Karina’s financial records as part of a probe 
into an alleged LIBRA cryptocurrency fraud tied to millions in losses. 
Argentine President Milei Skips Mediation as Judge Seeks Financial Records in 
Crypto Scam Local media reports that a federal Judge […]

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Telegram founder Pavel Durov said he rejected pressure from a European Union 
(EU) country to censor political content on the social media platform ahead of 
the May 18 presidential elections in Romania.
According to Durov, a Western European government, which he hinted at with a 
baguette emoji, approached the platform and requested it censor conservative 
voices, which he flatly denied. Durov wrote in a May 18 Telegram post:
&gt; &#8220;You can&#8217;t &#8216;defend democracy&#8217; by destroying democracy. You can&#8217;t &#8216;fight 
&gt; election interference&#8217; by interfering with elections. You either have 
&gt; freedom of speech and fair elections &#8212; or you don&#8217;t. And the Romanian 
&gt; people deserve both.&#8221;
The Telegram founder is an ardent defender of free speech, who is highly 
regarded in the crypto community for his stances on freedom of expression, 
autonomy, privacy, and individual liberty.
_Source:__Pavel Durov_
 _**Related:**__**Pavel Durov says Telegram would exit markets before 
betraying users**_
## Durov thrust into the spotlight following arrest in France
Pavel Durov was arrested in France in August 2024, sparking widespread 
condemnation from the crypto community and free speech advocates worldwide, 
who accused the French government of orchestrating a politically-motivated 
arrest.
French President Emmanuel Macron denied the arrest was political while 
claiming the French government was &#8220;committed to freedom of expression and 
communication&#8221; in an August 26 X post.
&#8220;You can&#8217;t keep founders personally liable, and charge them up to 20 years, 
for not moderating speech, and at the same time claim you are deeply committed 
to freedom of expression,&#8221; Helius Labs CEO Mert Mumtaz wrote in response to 
Macron.
Shortly after Durov&#8217;s arrest, Chris Pavlovski, the CEO of Rumble &#8212; a free 
speech online video platform &#8212; announced that he safely departed the European 
Union after France threatened Rumble.
The CEO also criticized the French government for the arrest of the Telegram 
co-founder, characterizing it as an attempt to pressure him into censoring 
speech on the platform.
Durov maintains that Telegram complies with lawful information requests made 
by law enforcement officials and said that the company has a legal 
representative in France who handles such requests.
The Telegram co-founder also criticized the French government for bypassing 
the legal representative and choosing to issue an arrest warrant instead.
_**Magazine:**__**Did Telegram &#8216;s Pavel Durov commit a crime? Crypto lawyers 
weigh in**_

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