Roman Storm's Tornado Cash retrial delayed until April 2027
Regulation & Gov ·
The rescheduled proceeding follows a jury's partial verdict last year and leaves a pending acquittal motion unresolved.
Roman Storm, a developer tied to the Tornado Cash project, will not face his retrial until April 2027, according to The Block. The new date pushes the case well beyond earlier expectations and extends a legal saga that has already spanned more than a year.
The delay stems from an earlier trial in which a jury found Storm guilty on one count of money transmitting but could not agree on verdicts for the remaining charges against him, as reported by Decrypt. That split outcome left prosecutors needing a second proceeding to resolve the unsettled counts, setting up the now-postponed retrial.
A motion for acquittal tied to the original conviction remains pending before the court, meaning the money transmitting count itself could still be reconsidered before any retrial on the outstanding charges begins. The rescheduling therefore affects not just the timeline for resolving the undecided counts but also the broader question of whether Storm's existing conviction will stand.
Multiple outlets have corroborated the postponement, with reporting describing the hearing as rescheduled and the retrial as delayed to the same April 2027 date. The consistency across these accounts underscores that the timeline shift is procedural rather than tied to any new substantive ruling on the merits of the case.
What remains unresolved is the outcome of the pending acquittal motion and how a ruling on it might reshape the scope of the eventual retrial. Also unclear is whether further scheduling changes could occur before April 2027, given the case's history of delays. Observers following the matter are likely to watch for any court action on the acquittal motion as the next concrete development.