Roman Storm’s Early Passion for Code Led to Tornado Cash — and a Guilty Verdict

Roman Storm, the Tornado Cash co-founder and developer, found an interest in computer software at a young age after his parents bought him a personal computer.

Now, at 36 years old, he holds a guilty verdict for operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, issued by a jury on Wednesday. He remains in limbo as prosecutors could still retry him on two additional felony counts: conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate US sanctions.

Storm has always been drawn to “the more technical side of things,” he said on a podcast…