Roman Semenov, co-founder of Tornado Cash, is included in the OFAC Sanctions List

Odaily Planet Daily News Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Semenov was added to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions list on Wednesday. Earlier news, the U.S. Department of Justice accused Tornado Cash founders Roman Storm and Roman Semenov of violating money laundering and sanctions regulations and conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transfer business. The pair operated Tornado Cash, which facilitated more than $1 billion in money-laundering transactions and laundered hundreds of millions of dollars for the sanctioned North Korean cybercriminal organization Lazarus Group, the indictment said. Roman Storm has been arrested in Washington State and will appear in court in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on August 23. Roman Semenov is still at large.