Tornado Cash Developer Released Supervised

Alexey Pertsev Released from Prison on Supervised Release

• Alexey Pertsev, a Tornado Cash developer, will be released from prison on February 7.
• Pertsev was sentenced to 64 months in May 2024 for money laundering charges related to Tornado Cash.
• A Dutch court suspended his pretrial detention with electronic monitoring conditions.
• Pertsev is appealing his conviction after a U.S. court deemed sanctions against Tornado Cash unlawful.
• Tornado Cash allegedly enabled over $1 billion in illicit fund laundering from at least 36 hacks.

Pertsev’s release allows him to work on appealing his conviction, following a Dutch court’s decision to suspend his pretrial detention under electronic monitoring conditions.