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
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.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義的案件中，來自德克薩斯州奧斯汀的比特幣（加密貨幣：BTC）早期投資者弗蘭克·理查德·阿爾格倫三世因未如實報告數百萬的數字貨幣收益被判處兩年監禁。
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.
該案件代表了美國首次對僅涉及數字資產的逃稅行爲進行刑事起訴，標誌着數字貨幣交易監管和執法方面的重大進展。
What Happened: Between 2017 and 2019, Ahlgren sold approximately $4 million worth of Bitcoin, earning substantial profits.
事件經過：2017年至2019年間，阿爾格倫出售了約400萬美元的比特幣，獲得了可觀的利潤。
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，根據司法部發布的新聞稿，他提交的稅務申報表要麼嚴重低報了這些收益，要麼完全遺漏了。
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，阿爾格倫以370萬美元的價格出售了640個比特幣，當時比特幣的交易價格約爲5800美元/枚，並利用所得款項涉嫌購買了位於猶他州帕克城的一處豪華住宅。
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.
爲了掩蓋其收入的真實情況，阿爾格倫涉嫌虛假提高其比特幣持有的成本基礎，聲稱他以高於任何記錄市值的價格購買了這些幣。
This manipulation significantly reduced his reported taxable gains.
這種操控顯著減少了他報告的應稅收益。
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，他又出售了價值65萬美元的比特幣，但完全未在稅務申報表中報告這些交易。
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.
法庭記錄還透露，阿爾格倫使用複雜的方法隱藏他的活動，包括在多個錢包之間轉移資金，與個人見面以現金兌換比特幣，以及使用旨在模糊交易來源的數字貨幣混合器。
His efforts to avoid detection date back to 2014, when he publicly blogged about mixers as tools for enhancing anonymity in Bitcoin transactions.
他避免被發現的努力可以追溯到2014年，當時他公開在博客上討論混合器作爲增強比特幣交易匿名性的工具。
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另請閱讀：Fartcoin從狗狗幣和柴犬幣中搶佔了風頭，達到了76400萬的歷史最高市值。
What's Next: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determined that Ahlgren's actions resulted in a tax loss exceeding $1 million.
接下來：美國國稅局（IRS）認定阿爾格倫的行爲導致超過100萬的稅務損失。
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.
除了他的監禁刑期外，美國地區法院法官羅伯特·皮特曼還命令他服刑一年，並向美國政府支付1,095,031美元的賠償金。
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.
美國國稅局刑事調查處休斯頓辦事處的代理特別探員露西·譚強調，該機構擁有追蹤數字貨幣交易的工具和專業知識。
"Ahlgren will serve time because he believed his cryptocurrency transactions were untraceable. This case demonstrates that no one is above the law," she said.
她說：「阿爾格倫將入獄，因爲他相信他的數字貨幣交易是不可追蹤的。本案證明，沒有人可以超越法律。」
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.
美國司法部稅務司代理副助理檢察長斯圖爾特·M·戈德堡指出，阿爾格倫故意試圖欺騙他的會計師和聯邦當局。
"Instead of paying the taxes he knew were due, he lied to his accountant and concealed his profits through sophisticated techniques," Goldberg said.
「他沒有支付知道應該交的稅，而是對他的會計撒謊，並通過複雜的技術隱瞞他的利潤，」戈德堡說。
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