Bitcoin early investor Roger Ver has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with tax fraud

2024-05-01 02:57:46

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ChainCatcher news, early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver has been charged by the Department of Justice with mail fraud, tax evasion, and filing false tax returns. Roger Ver was arrested this week in Spain on U.S. criminal charges. The U.S. will seek to extradite Roger Ver to face trial in the United States.

It is reported that Roger Ver originally resided in Santa Clara, California, and owned two companies, MemoryDealers.com Inc. and Agilestar.com Inc., which sold computer and networking equipment. Since 2011, Roger Ver began acquiring Bitcoin for himself and his companies, and he personally became an advocate for Bitcoin, even earning the nickname "Bitcoin Jesus."

On February 4, 2014, Roger Ver renounced his U.S. citizenship, and after moving abroad, U.S. law required Roger Ver to file tax returns reporting capital gains from the sale of his global assets (including Bitcoin), and he was required to pay taxes on those capital gains.

The Department of Justice believes that Roger Ver caused the IRS a total loss of at least $48 million.

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