Roger Ver Contests Tax Evasion Indictment on Claims of Bias

罗杰·维尔 (Roger Ver) 对逃税指控的偏见提出异议

Roger Ver, arrested in Barcelona in April 2024, has filed a motion to dismiss an indictment accusing him of evading taxes on Bitcoin sales. The former CEO of Bitcoin.com is charged with evading over $48 million in taxes.

Roger Ver 于 2024 年 4 月在巴塞罗那被捕，他已提出动议，要求驳回指控他在比特币销售中逃税的起诉书。 Bitcoin.com 前首席执行官被指控逃税超过 4800 万美元。

Ver's lawyers allege that the indictment was biased, influenced by government prejudice. They argue that the Department of Justice inappropriately accessed confidential attorney-client communications and concealed evidence from the grand jury.

维尔的律师声称，起诉书存在偏见，受到政府偏见的影响。他们认为，司法部不适当地获取了律师与委托人之间的机密通信，并向大陪审团隐瞒了证据。

Ver claims he acted reasonably, following professional advice based on limited regulatory guidance at the time. He anticipates being a political target for the IRS after his expatriation and asserts that the IRS provided clear guidance on crypto-taxes only after his move to Spain.

Ver 声称他的行为合理，遵循了基于当时有限的监管指导的专业建议。他预计在移居西班牙后将成为美国国税局的政治目标，并声称国税局仅在他移居西班牙后才提供有关加密税的明确指导。

The indictment alleges that by June 2017, Ver's companies owned approximately 70,000 bitcoins, requiring payment of an "exit tax" on capital gains. Ver and his companies are accused of owning approximately 131,000 bitcoins valued at $871 each in February 2014.

起诉书称，截至 2017 年 6 月，Ver 的公司拥有约 70,000 枚比特币，需要缴纳资本利得的“退出税”。 Ver 和他的公司被指控在 2014 年 2 月拥有约 131,000 个比特币，每个比特币价值 871 美元。

The case has sparked criticism from the crypto community, who condemn the U.S. Department of Justice's enforcement-first approach to digital assets. Critics like Robert Barnes, a civil rights attorney supporting Ver, describe the charges as selective enforcement based on political considerations.

此案引发了加密货币社区的批评，他们谴责美国司法部对数字资产采取执法第一的做法。支持维尔的民权律师罗伯特·巴恩斯等批评者将这些指控描述为基于政治考虑的选择性执法。

Ver's motion to dismiss coincides with expectations of a more favorable stance towards digital assets under the incoming Trump administration. Ver's trial is scheduled for February 2025 and hinges upon extradition.

Ver 的驳回动议恰逢即将上任的特朗普政府对数字资产采取更有利立场的预期。 Ver 的审判定于 2025 年 2 月进行，最终取决于是否引渡。