---
title: "Tornado Cash dev Alexey Pertsev gets 5 years prison-time for money laundering"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/tornado-cash-dev-alexey-pertsev-gets-5-years-prison-time-for-money-laundering-qamvsabpv
source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/tornado-cash-dev-alexey-pertsev-5-years-prison-money-laundering
type: article
source: "The Next Web"
published: 2024-05-14T14:29:20.388Z
updated: 2024-05-14T14:29:19.553Z
tags: ["open-source", "blockchain", "privacy"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# 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. The Dutch court's decision may impact the development of open-source anonymity tools on the blockchain.

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Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#blockchain](https://daily.dev/tags/blockchain), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy)

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