In support of the defense of Roman Sterlingov, who has been accused by the US government as the founder of Bitcoin Fog, CipherTrace's Jonelle Still submitted a report stating that the data provided by Chainalysis could not be verified. "The blockchain forensics and tracking tools used in this case were misused to falsely conclude that Mr. Sterlingov was the operator of Bitcoin Fog, when no such evidence existed on-chain," Still said in his report. Sterlingov's lawyers claim that the government's case is based on Chainalysis data and that IRS agents asked Bitcoin Fog whether the service was good for laundering Bitcoin from the sale of "molly." Lawyers say Bitcoin Fog did not respond to the message and continued to use the Bitcoin Fog service, which IRS agents say the US now claims is a laundering scheme. The report provided by CipherTrace notes some issues with Chainalysis data and that it cannot be concluded that Sterlingov is the founder of Bitcoin Fog. "Blockchain forensics should only be used to generate investigative leads. On its own, it is insufficient as a primary source of evidence," the report's author says, calling it "striking" that the US and Chainalysis reached conclusions "without any corroborating evidence for blockchain forensics." . Since all of Sterlingov's assets have been seized by the United States, his defense team and CipherTrace are assisting with his legal efforts pro bono.#Sterlingov#CipherTrace #Chainalysis