Detention and Allegations Against the Ethereum Developer

Carrone stated that Turkey’s Minister of Internal Affairs accused him of “helping others misuse Ethereum.” He believes this is connected to a January 2022 research paper analyzing user privacy on Ethereum and Tornado Cash. “We never helped anyone engage in illegal activity; it was purely research on mixers and their properties,” he said.

Freedom Through Global Support

Carrone shared that early on, he thought things would go badly after being told his phone would be confiscated and he wouldn’t be able to speak to anyone. However, friends from the UAE, UK, US, Europe, Argentina, and even the Catholic Church stepped in, contacting senior Turkish officials to help secure his release. Members of the Solana ecosystem also offered assistance.

The older I get, the more I believe in the values of the West and religion. When I was younger, I was a naive hacker and anarchist who believed in cypherpunk ideals. I still do. But over time, I’ve come to see that many of the institutions and governments I once criticized are,… pic.twitter.com/CXYCKOXShg

— Fede’s intern (@fede_intern) August 11, 2025

Legal Process Still Ongoing

Carrone said he is currently in Europe but the case is still ongoing. His Turkish lawyer is working on his defense, and he noted, “If necessary, once things are clarified, I will return to clear my name.”

Ethereum Support for Storm’s Case

Following his experience, Carrone donated $500,000 worth of Ether to support the legal defense of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm. “Roman’s defense is important because developers need to know they can push innovation forward and that the community will stand behind them,” he said.

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Chief Legal Officer Amanda Tuminelli of the DeFi Education Fund reports that District Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the Southern District of New York refused Storm’s motion to dismiss three charges brought against him at a Sep. 26 teleconference conference.  Federal prosecutors claimed in an indictment last August that Storm “knowingly facilitated” the laundering of over $1 billion in illegal proceeds out of the crypto mixer.

Along with a charge of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, Tornado Cash co-founder and co-founder Roman Semenov reportedly faced charges of one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and one count of conspiracy to violate the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, each carrying a maximum sentence of twenty years in prison.

Judge Failla declared the “functional capability” of code is not speech defined within the First Amendment, but Storm claimed his part in creating the Tornado Cash software was protected by his right. The district court also allegedly noted that the activities of the federal government against money laundering and evasion of sanctions are “wholly unrelated” to the repression of free speech.

Judge Failla also said she didn’t think Tornado Cash was “meaningly different” from other banking services or money-transmitting companies. “Judge Failla’s ruling denying Storm’s motion to dismiss the indictment is an assault on the freedom of software developers everywhere,” said Chief Legal Officer Jake Chervinsky of Variant Fund. “This will go down in history as a perversion of law and a travesty of justice.”

By hiding the source and destination of payments, cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash seeks to offer anonymity for crypto transactions. Lazarus, a cyberhacking group supported by North Korea, apparently used it for this aim. Starting on December 2 in New York, Storm’s trial is set to run two weeks. Russian national Semenov stays at large in the in the meantime.

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