Another prominent crypto investor has been arrested. If last week the CEO of Binance was sentenced to prison, now it is the former CEO of Bitcoin.com who was arrested for tax evasion. Roger SeeBorn in San José and residing in Japan, he was one of the first well-known investors in cryptocurrencies in 2011.

His company, MemoryDealers, was one of the first companies to accept Bitcoin payments. Roger Ver is also one of the five founders of the Bitcoin Foundation and is currently one of the main supporters of Bitcoin Cash. All these movements have led to him being popularly classified as the “Bitcoin Jesus”.

But now arrested in spainAs Reuters reveals, he is accused by the United States Department of Justice of tax fraud of over 45 million euros.

The case goes back a long way. The investor renounced his US citizenship in 2014, which had already raised suspicions against him. According to his lawyer, Bryan Skarlatos, the investor intends to comply with all legal obligations, but these statements of his lawyer did not prevent the decision to arrest him while he was in Spain.

Roger Ver’s fortune was estimated at approximately 131,000 BTC in 2014, which was worth approximately $114 million at the time. An amount that could currently be more than 60 times higher.

Roger Ver’s tax fraud stems from sale of MemoryDealers.com and Agilestar.comThe two companies held approximately 70,000 bitcoins in 2017 and sold for approximately $240 million. According to the United States Department of Justice, the investor did not pay the fees corresponding to the sale of these two companies. Rates are estimated at approximately $48 million between 2014 and 2017.

The investor was detained and is currently awaiting trial. As Reuters explains, from the United States A refund request is planned. To Spain so that Roger Ver can be tried on American soil, where he must pay taxes.

Image | Roger See

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