Techub News reports that the criminal trial of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm officially began recently in the Southern District Court of New York. The prosecutor stated in the opening remarks that Storm assisted the North Korean Lazarus Group hackers in laundering money using the Tornado Cash mixing service, allegedly violating U.S. sanctions, involving approximately $600 million in cryptocurrency assets from the 2022 Ronin Bridge incident. The prosecution claims he 'knowingly continued to commit crimes.' Storm's defense attorney countered that Tornado Cash is a 'privacy protocol for everyone,' and that he is not related to the hackers' actions and should not bear criminal liability for the users' misuse of the tool.