Bitcoin Fanatic Michael Saylor Sued By Washington, D.C., Attorney General For Tax Fraud

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Bitcoin Fanatic Michael Saylor Sued By Washington, D.C., Attorney General For Tax Fraud

Jaksa Agung Washington DC Karl Racine ngagugat firma intelijen bisnis MicroStrategy sareng pangadegna, Michael Saylor, pikeun ngahindarkeun pajeg salami sapuluh taun anjeunna cicing di distrik éta.

Michael Saylor Nyanghareupan gugatan panipuan Pajak

salah sahiji bitcoin’s biggest proponents and investors has found himself in legal hot water.

Karl Racine, Jaksa Agung pikeun Kacamatan Columbia di AS, ngumumkeun Rebo yén anjeunna mencét tuduhan ngalawan Michael Saylor sareng perusahaan MicroStrategy ngeunaan dugaan panipuan pajak.

ANYAR: Dinten ayeuna, urang nuju ngagugat Michael Saylor - eksekutif téknologi jutawan anu parantos cicing di Kacamatan langkung ti dasawarsa tapi henteu kantos mayar pajeg panghasilan DC - pikeun panipuan pajak.

— AG Karl A. Racine (@AGKarlRacine) Agustus 31, 2022

The Attorney General claims Saylor has never paid any income taxes in DC in the more than ten years he has lived there. MicroStrategy, the public company with the most significant bitcoin treasury, has supposedly helped Saylor dodge the taxes “he legally owes on hundreds of millions of dollars he’s earned while living in DC.”

Kantor Racine nuduh Saylor ngagunakeun "skéma rumit" pikeun nyegah mayar pajeg langkung ti $25 juta ti 2014 dugi ka 2020, siaran pérs reads. Saylor claimed to be a Florida or Virginia resident, but he was in fact living in DC for at least 183 days per year — which is the minimum limit to be a statutory resident. Racine believes MicroStrategy conspired to facilitate the scheme, including filing erroneous W-2s with the tech billionaire’s Florida address listed instead of his DC home.

Di antara pajeg sareng denda anu teu dibayar, kantor jaksa agung DC ngira-ngira yén Saylor sareng MicroStrategy tiasa batuk langkung ti $ 100 juta.

Utamana, ieu nandaan gugatan kahiji yén Jaksa Agung diajukeun dina Undang-Undang Tuntutan Palsu anu nembé dirobih Washington, anu nyorong whistleblowers ngalaporkeun panyiksa pajak.

"Kalayan gugatan ieu, kami ngingetkeun warga sareng pangusaha yén upami anjeun mikaresep sagala kauntungan hirup di kota hébat urang bari nolak mayar pajeg anu adil, kami bakal nanggung tanggung jawab anjeun," Ceuk Racine dina tweet nurutan.

Ieu sanés MicroStrategy sareng Saylor anu munggaran ngajalankeun hukum. Dina 2000, Komisi Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) AS. biaya panipuan leveled ngalawan firma pikeun ngarékam catetan kauangan salami dua taun.

Saylor nembe mundur salaku CEO MicroStrategy but remained chairman of the board of directors to focus on the company’s bitcoin acquisition strategies. Former MicroStrategy president Phong Le replaced Saylor as CEO.

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