Co -founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, joined the call to the free early cryptographic investor and entrepreneur Roger Ver, who is closed in a legal battle with the Department of Justice of the United States (Doj) regarding the alleged avoidance of taxes and extradition to the USA.
Buterin was published by the founder of Silk Road Ross Ulbricht’s message Calling prosecution against Ver, end and characterized the case as “absurd” and “politically motivated”. Buterin condate:
“United States after tax and a related tax system appeals are extreme. The first of them is not divided by almost any other countries in the world, and the second is at the highest level of countries, e.g. Great Britain only in the case of capital return if you return within 5 years. “
“If IRS intimidated Roger’s lawyers to receive privileged information, it is a movement of bad faith,” the co-founder of Ethereum added.
The VER case appears among the growing connections from American legislators and residents to a comprehensive tax reform, which includes the termination of income tax and the abolition of internal revenue service (IRS).
Source: Vitalik Buterin
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The case of Roger Ver
The US Department of Justice announced allegations of avoiding VER on April 30, 2024, and the entrepreneur was then arrested in Spain, where he was imprisoned for several weeks.
Ver published $ 163,000 at a deposit on May 17, 2024, allowing him to leave the prison in the conditions in which he remained in Spain, give up his passport and check in with court officials every two days.
In legal filing From December 3, 2024, satisfied entrepreneurs’ lawyers claimed that the case was unconstitutional and rejected the charges.
Lawyers characterized the Act on tax tax tax with over $ 2 million asset to invest, adding that the output tax violates the division clause and the clause of the proper process of the US constitution.
Cryptocurrency investors called for aiming at Ver after his departure, claiming that the case was part of the wider attitude of the anti -rypt Biden administration.
Roger Ver maintains that the US government maliciously chased him in connection with cryptocurrency sparves, not tax -related matters.
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