Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev was arrested in August by Dutch authorities. on charges of facilitating money laundering must be in prison for at least two more months after his appeal was rejected.
A judge in the Netherlands rejected the appeal on Thursday, according to Pertsev’s wife Ksenia Malik.
Pertsev, born in Russia He was detained for more than seven weeks after being arrested.arrestHis arrest came two days after the U.S. government sanctioned Tornado Cash and 44 Ethereum and USDC wallets involved, saying Tornado Cash allows users to anonymize transactions and facilitate “their detention.” money laundering
The latest denial means that Pertsev, 29, will remain in custody until at least November 22.
Pertsev’s wife Malik said the denial “Extremely unfair”, she continued. Dutch authorities “are afraid that Alexey will return to Russia which if he goes back there He will be sent to war.”
Dutch prosecutors planned to seize and sell Pertsev’s assets at auction, which, according to Malik, she said his car was seized on the day he was arrested. And Pertsev’s lawyer told her that the prosecutor was going to sell his car.
“Right now there are only cars. But we think they can come and get something else anytime. And we don’t feel safe at all.” She also stated that prosecutors would sell. “All of our legal assets at auction and leave us with nothing.”
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