Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash

Re:Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash by Jensson on Friday August 12, 2022 @08:19AM (#32437378)

Yeah, but then they would imprison the CEO and not the developer. Very different, especially since it is easy for CEO's to say that they weren't aware of any criminal activity. A developer who directly develops the feature is much easier to blame.

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Re:Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash by biglearner1day on Friday August 12, 2022 @08:41AM (#32437633)

> Yeah, but then they would imprison the CEO and not the developer.

While they do get blamed, the Netherlands doesn't seem to care all that much. They seem very selective with how they react to supposed money laundering

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ing-groep-settlement-mone...

https://www.dw.com/en/how-ing-bank-in-poland-helped-russians...

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Re:Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash by Jensson on Friday August 12, 2022 @08:44AM (#32437666)

They key difference is this:

> ING’s Chief Executive Ralph Hamers said no individual at the bank was found to be responsible for the failures

Closed source means it is easy to hide whose fault it was, and then all you can do is fine the company since you can't arrest everyone. This is also why companies are so keen on deleting old message logs etc, to avoid leaders going to prison.

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Re:Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash by Arnt on Saturday August 13, 2022 @08:11AM (#32449158)

I heard on IRC that the person they arrested was the one who generally merged PRs. With closed source the closest equivalent is the leader of the development team. I would be surprised if a law enforcement agency is unable to locate that developer.

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