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Always Pay The Tax Man: Bitcoin Investor Sentenced To Two Years For Tax Evasion On Crypto Gains

Always Pay The Tax Man: Bitcoin Investor Sentenced To Two Years For Tax Evasion On Crypto Gains

始终要交税:比特币投资者因对加密收益的逃税被判两年监禁
Benzinga ·  12/13 23:21

In a landmark case, Frank Richard Ahlgren III, an early Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) investor from Austin, Texas, has been sentenced to two years in prison for underreporting millions in cryptocurrency gains.

在一起具有里程碑意义的案件中,来自德克萨斯州奥斯汀的比特币(加密货币:BTC)早期投资者弗兰克·理查德·阿尔格伦三世因未如实报告数百万的数字货币收益被判处两年监禁。

The case represents the United States' first criminal prosecution solely focused on tax evasion involving digital assets, marking a significant development in the regulation and enforcement of cryptocurrency transactions.

该案件代表了美国首次对仅涉及数字资产的逃税行为进行刑事起诉,标志着数字货币交易监管和执法方面的重大进展。

What Happened: Between 2017 and 2019, Ahlgren sold approximately $4 million worth of Bitcoin, earning substantial profits.

事件经过:2017年至2019年间,阿尔格伦出售了约400万美元的比特币,获得了可观的利润。

However, he filed tax returns that either grossly underreported these gains or omitted them entirely, according to a press release issued by the Department of Justice.

然而,根据司法部发布的新闻稿,他提交的税务申报表要么严重低报了这些收益,要么完全遗漏了。

In 2017 alone, Ahlgren sold 640 Bitcoin for $3.7 million, when Bitcoin was trading at approximately $5,800 per coin, and used the proceeds to allegedly purchase a luxury home in Park City, Utah.

在2017年,阿尔格伦以370万美元的价格出售了640个比特币,当时比特币的交易价格约为5800美元/枚,并利用所得款项涉嫌购买了位于犹他州帕克城的一处豪华住宅。

To conceal the full extent of his income, Ahlgren allegedly falsely inflated the cost basis of his Bitcoin holdings, claiming he had purchased the coins at prices higher than any recorded market value.

为了掩盖其收入的真实情况,阿尔格伦涉嫌虚假提高其比特币持有的成本基础,声称他以高于任何记录市值的价格购买了这些币。

This manipulation significantly reduced his reported taxable gains.

这种操控显著减少了他报告的应税收益。

Further, in 2018 and 2019, he sold an additional $650,000 worth of Bitcoin but failed to report these transactions on his tax returns entirely.

此外,在2018年和2019年,他又出售了价值65万美元的比特币,但完全未在税务申报表中报告这些交易。

Court records also revealed that Ahlgren employed sophisticated methods to hide his activities, including transferring funds between multiple wallets, meeting individuals in person to exchange Bitcoin for cash, and using cryptocurrency mixers designed to obscure transaction origins.

法庭记录还透露,阿尔格伦使用复杂的方法隐藏他的活动,包括在多个钱包之间转移资金,与个人见面以现金兑换比特币,以及使用旨在模糊交易来源的数字货币混合器。

His efforts to avoid detection date back to 2014, when he publicly blogged about mixers as tools for enhancing anonymity in Bitcoin transactions.

他避免被发现的努力可以追溯到2014年,当时他公开在博客上讨论混合器作为增强比特币交易匿名性的工具。

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What's Next: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determined that Ahlgren's actions resulted in a tax loss exceeding $1 million.

接下来:美国国税局(IRS)认定阿尔格伦的行为导致超过100万的税务损失。

Alongside his prison sentence, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman ordered him to serve one year of supervised release and pay $1,095,031 in restitution to the U.S. government.

除了他的监禁刑期外,美国地区法院法官罗伯特·皮特曼还命令他服刑一年,并向美国政府支付1,095,031美元的赔偿金。

Lucy Tan, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the IRS-Criminal Investigation's Houston Field Office, emphasized that the agency has the tools and expertise to track cryptocurrency transactions.

美国国税局刑事调查处休斯顿办事处的代理特别探员露西·谭强调,该机构拥有追踪数字货币交易的工具和专业知识。

"Ahlgren will serve time because he believed his cryptocurrency transactions were untraceable. This case demonstrates that no one is above the law," she said.

她说:“阿尔格伦将入狱,因为他相信他的数字货币交易是不可追踪的。本案证明,没有人可以超越法律。”

Stuart M. Goldberg, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's Tax Division, noted Ahlgren's deliberate efforts to deceive his accountant and federal authorities.

美国司法部税务司代理副助理检察长斯图尔特·M·戈德堡指出,阿尔格伦故意试图欺骗他的会计师和联邦当局。

"Instead of paying the taxes he knew were due, he lied to his accountant and concealed his profits through sophisticated techniques," Goldberg said.

“他没有支付知道应该交的税,而是对他的会计撒谎,并通过复杂的技术隐瞒他的利润,”戈德堡说。

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