Lawyers for Silicon Valley’s ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ say his tax case violates constitution
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/12/04/bitcoin-jesus-lawyers-say-his-tax-case-violates-constitution/
Lawyers for Roger Ver, the cryptocurrency advocate known as Bitcoin Jesus, urged a US judge to dismiss his tax evasion indictment in their first court filing since his April arrest in Spain.
US prosecutors charged Ver, 45, with evading more than $48 million in taxes for selling $240 million in tokens and with filing a false “exit tax” return after he renounced his US citizenship in 2014. The legal salvo came as Ver awaits a Spanish judge’s decision on whether he must be extradited to face the most prominent US tax case dealing only with crypto assets.