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South Korea suggests crypto management system to fight tax fraud
12.3.2024
South Korea is preparing and implementing robust measures to combat tax evasion associated with virtual assets. The National Tax Service of South Korea has designated GTIC for the integrated management system (ISP) of virtual assets in an effort to prevent tax evasion. With big measures being...
Hungarian Authorities Seize Crypto Worth $1M in Tax Fraud Case
23.9.2023
Hungarian authorities have seized cryptocurrency worth over $1 million from a criminal organization in a value-added tax (VAT) fraud case. The authorities raided 28 locations, arrested three suspects, and seized various assets tied to the group. The seized cryptocurrencies were transferred to...
DC Attorney General Sues Billionaire Michael Saylor and Microstrategy Over Alleged Tax Fraud — Seeks $100 Million
2.9.2022
The attorney general of the District of Columbia has sued Microstrategy’s co-founder and executive chairman, Michael Saylor, for tax fraud. The lawsuit also names Microstrategy as a defendant “alleging that it conspired to help him evade taxes he legally owes.” Both Saylor...
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Dips Below $20K; Michael Saylor Gets Sued for Tax Fraud
1.9.2022
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for September 1, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
MicroStrategy Calls D.C. ‘Tax Fraud’ Lawsuit ‘False’ and Says it Will Fight Back ‘Aggressively’
1.9.2022
The District of Columbia’s Attorney General has publicly stated that his office will launch a tax fraud lawsuit against the IT firm MicroStrategy and its Bitcoin (BTC) bull former CEO Michael Saylor. But the firm called the lawsuit “false” – and has vowed to “defend aggressively” against what...
District of Columbia Suing MicroStrategy Founder Michael Saylor for Tax Fraud
31.8.2022
The Attorney General’s office is also suing the business software company for allegedly helping him evade taxes on his earnings in the district
Seven Hours With Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion's Free DLC
19.10.2021
With a name like Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, I was hoping to learn a thing or two about taxes, government regulation, and the ways in which the system fundamentally screws people out of money and property. While I can’t say I learned anything about tax evasion playing this adorable 2D action...
Ex-Microsoft Engineer Convicted In Landmark Case Involving Bitcoin Tax Fraud
10.11.2020
In what is presented as the first US criminal case involving bitcoin (BTC) that has a tax component, a software engineer was sentenced to nine years of prison for 18 federal felonies related to his scheme to defraud software giant Microsoft, his former employer, of more than USD 10m.
The convict...
Microsoft employee sentenced to 9 years in first U.S. Bitcoin case involving tax fraud
10.11.2020
A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to nine years in prison in what the IRS is describing as the United States’ “first Bitcoin case [with] a tax component.”
John McAfee Pumps Crypto From Prison, Denies Tax Fraud and Murder Charges
31.10.2020
John McAfee has shared many details about his life in Spanish prison and chances of extradition to the U.S. He additionally claims to have regained control of his ghost cryptocurrency project. Prison Life ‘Is an Adventure’ Former U.S. presidential candidate and antivirus software tycoon...
Peter Schiff’s Euro Pacific Bank Under Investigation by Tax Authorities in 5 Countries
19.10.2020
Euro Pacific Bank, founded by gold bug and bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff, is reportedly under investigation by the tax authorities of five countries. The bank’s customers allegedly include several tax fraud masterminds and a Russian syndicate described by the FBI as the world’s worst...
6 Bankers Accused of Earning €30M in Bonuses From German Fraud, Tax Lawyer Out on €4M Bail
22.1.2020
Former bank employees have received bonuses worth millions of euros in an illegal trading scheme that also involved a tax lawyer, prosecutors in Frankfurt revealed this week. The case is part of multiple investigations carried out across Germany, the hardest hit country in a notorious tax fraud...