What the Tornado Cash founders appear to have done wrong is if they wanted to develop opensource software that might be cracked down by the government, they should have done this more anonymously similar to what Satoshi has done when he began developing bitcoin. This is not only good for security, it will also encourage more developers to contribute to the project anonymously.
Developers that work on shitcoins like ethereum usually never care much about privacy, that is strange thing to do especially if you are creating something that improves privacy.
I never hard of any large central bank being accused of money laundering, and this was not invented yesterday, that is why there are constant wars around the world, and everyone knows that.
Central banks, not many. Commercial banks there have been a bunch over the years.
https://sanctionscanner.com/blog/the-five-biggest-money-laundering-scandals-317The problem comes back to big banks have 1000s if not 10s of 1000s of employees. You can find that this one or that one is doing something wrong. But proving who knew what and when they knew it is difficult.
If an order comes down that says we need to make these numbers in revenue and people panic about their jobs and look the other way is one thing.
Having an order come down that says we need to make these numbers in revenue and do whatever it takes to do it, is another.
And most people that high up know not to say do whatever it takes in any way that could come back to them.
The government can harass a corporation, it can fine a corporation, it can even shut it down. But you can't lock it up.
People you can lock up. So when you have a small target, like 2 people, then you can go after them.
-Dave
No, the government simply keep it for themselves or auction it off.
