Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's legal team has filed a motion to dismiss a criminal complaint against him that accuses him of conspiring to commit money laundering and violating sanctions, Wu said. The motion argued that Storm was merely a developer and its actions were intended to provide financial privacy to legitimate cryptocurrency users and were not criminal. The motion also highlights the nature of Tornado Cash as a set of non-custodial smart contracts, noting that it does not meet the definition of a “financial institution” and that Storm should not be construed as conspiring to launder money or operating an unlicensed money transmission business. Previously, Dutch prosecutors requested a 64-month prison sentence for Alexey Pertsev, another developer of Tornado Cash.