Alexey Pertsev, the Tornado Cash developer who was sentenced to five years and four months in prison by a three-judge panel in the Netherlands on charges of money laundering, will remain in jail while his appeal is processed after his bail request was denied. 

Following Pertsev's conviction, the developer's legal team speedily filed for an appeal with the s-Hertogenbosch Court of Appeal and hoped to prepare for the trial at home, with access to the internet, after requesting bail. 

However, the request for bail was denied, according to DL News, to the surprise of his defense lawyer. Pertsev's prison also denied the developer access to a computer in order to assist his lawyers in preparing for the trial, according to the report. 

"Alexey will spend the next year in jail …