Roger Ver, dubbed the “Bitcoin Jesus” by supporters, is awaiting a Spanish judge’s decision on whether he must be extradited to America to face charges of evading more than $48m in taxes for selling $240m in tokens. The U.S. expatriate was arrested in Barcelona in April, and is now living in Mallorca after being released on bail. Mr. Ver claims that the Justice Department has ignored evidence that helps his defense and refutes a central premise by prosecutors – that he intended to cheat the IRS. Rather, he said, he relied on professionals who advised him when IRS policy on taxing crypto sales was unsettled. “I instructed all my tax attorneys and preparers, ‘We need to do everything perfectly because I don’t want any problem with the IRS at all,”’ Mr. Ver said. “That was their instructions the whole time.”
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