The Netherlands arrests Tornado Cash Developer
A developer connected to the authorized Tornado Cash has been detained. FIOD began investigations in June, multiple arrests have not been ruled out. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned Tornado Cash on August 8. According to a Fiscal Information and Investigation Service statement, a 29-year-old developer allegedly connected to the authorized Tornado Cash protocol was detained in Amsterdam on Friday (FIOD). Tornado Cash is an Ethereum-based crypto mixing service that allows users to gain a cloak of anonymity when transferring crypto assets. On Monday, the U.S. government sanctioned the service for assisting criminals in laundering stolen money. FIOD began investigations in June,
