Tribunal federal de EE. UU. niega apelación para levantar sanciones en efectivo por tornado
Tecnología. Tribunal federal de EE. UU. niega apelación para levantar sanciones en efectivo por tornado Noticias de Bitcoin Ethereum US District Judge Robert Pitman has dismissed an appeal filed by six Tornado Cash users who sought to lift sanctions placed on the controversial cryptocurrency mixer. The United States Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control had added Tornado Cash to its SDN list in August 2022, alleging it had enabled billions in illicit funds. Court Upholds Treasury Departments Sanctions A federal court has upheld the Treasury Departments decision to impose sanctions on cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, throwing out the legal challenge brought by several users of the mixing service. The judge sided with the government and the Treasury Department on all of its claims and also granted summary judgment in the case. This reinforced the fact that the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control is entitled to sanction Tornado Cash under current sanction statutes. Furthermore, the court denied the summary judgment requested by the plaintiffs. The court filing stated, The Plaintiffs Argument The plaintiffs in the case, six users of Tornado Cash, had stated that the governments action to sanction the cryptocurrency mixer was unlawful because it violated the first amendment. The plaintiffs argued that because of the
