This means he was directly involved in the money laundering, not only providing the TC protocol.
I was curious about something when I read the DOJ release:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/alleged-russian-money-launderer-extradited-netherlands-usIn July 2019, Dubnikov allegedly laundered more than $400,000 in Ryuk ransom proceeds. Those involved in the conspiracy laundered at least $70 million in ransom proceeds.
The first question that came to mind, was when was tornadocash launched and, no surprise, "Tornado Cash was launched in August 2019 ".
So, I think that there is another important thing that might have to be discussed although we will probably never know:
- Was tornadocash compromised since launch and it didn't offer the claimed privacy at all?
I have a really bad feeling about this, I can remember how the alpha bay then hansa market episode went.