--- title: Tornado Cash dev Alexey Pertsev gets 5 years prison-time... description: Developer Alexey Pertsev, creator of Tornado Cash, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for money laundering. Tornado Cash is an open-source crypto mixer... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tornado-cash-dev-alexey-pertsev-gets-5-years-prison-time-for-money-laundering-qamvsabpv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Tornado Cash dev Alexey Pertsev gets 5 years prison-time for money laundering | daily.dev og:description: Developer Alexey Pertsev, creator of Tornado Cash, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for money laundering. Tornado Cash is an open-source crypto mixer... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tornado-cash-dev-alexey-pertsev-gets-5-years-prison-time-for-money-laundering-qamvsabpv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QAMvsAbPv.png og:image:alt: Tornado Cash dev Alexey Pertsev gets 5 years prison-time for money laundering og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Tornado Cash dev Alexey Pertsev gets 5 years prison-time for money laundering **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Developer Alexey Pertsev, creator of Tornado Cash, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for money laundering. Tornado Cash is an open-source crypto mixer that helps users protect their privacy in cryptocurrency transactions. 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