Who is Alexey Pertsev?

Alleged Tornado Cash developer, Alexey Pertsev, was accused of facilitating money laundering through the now-sanctioned crypto mixer. Pertsev will stay in jail for at least another 90 days, a judge in the Netherlands ruled on Wednesday. The developer has not been officially charged with any crime.

Is Pertsev a founder of tornado cash?

He was apprehended last Wednesday in Amsterdam’s city center, two days after the United States issued sanctions against Tornado Cash. Pertsev is not a founder of Tornado Cash. The founders are Roman Semenov and Roman Storm. Neither has been arrested, and neither responded to Protocol’s requests for comment.

Is peppersec a tornado cash?

“PepperSec is Tornado Cash,” Boerlage added, referring to Pertsev’s idea that he could be released to return to his previous employer as long as he declined to work on the protocol. Cheng, meanwhile, argued that the service had legitimate uses.

Who is Pertsev & why was he arrested?

See related article: Tornado Cash arrest heralds storm season for crypto mixers Pertsev was arrested on Aug. 10 in Amsterdam by Netherlands’ Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD), two days after the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Tornado Cash, linking it to North Korean hackers and over US$1 billion worth of illicit transactions.