比特幣投資者必須披露密碼才能解鎖 1.24 億美元的數位資產

一名早期比特幣投資者上個月因與加密貨幣銷售相關的稅務詐欺被判處兩年監禁，並被勒令披露他的秘密通行證

An early Bitcoin investor convicted of tax fraud related to cryptocurrency sales has been ordered to disclose his secret pass codes so US officials can unlock digital assets now valued at about $124 million.

一名早期比特幣投資者因與加密貨幣銷售相關的稅務詐欺而被定罪，已被勒令披露其秘密密碼，以便美國官員能夠解鎖目前價值約 1.24 億美元的數位資產。

Frank Richard Ahlgren III, who owes the government about $1 million in restitution from the criminal case, must hand over the pass codes and identify any devices used to store them, along with disclosing all his cryptocurrency accounts, US District Judge Robert Pitman ruled Monday in federal court in Austin, Texas. 

美國地區法官羅伯特·皮特曼(Robert Pitman) 週一裁定，弗蘭克·理查德·阿爾格倫三世(Frank Richard Ahlgren III) 因刑事案件欠政府約100 萬美元賠償，必須交出密碼並識別用於存儲密碼的任何設備，同時披露他所有的加密貨幣帳戶。

Prosecutors had asked the judge in December to force Ahlgren to disclose the location of at least 1,287 Bitcoin he moved in 2020 through a “mixing” service that jumbled crypto tokens and made them harder to trace. Those tokens, which have more than doubled in value over the past year, are now worth more than $124 million.

去年 12 月，檢察官要求法官強迫 Ahlgren 披露他在 2020 年透過「混合」服務轉移的至少 1,287 個比特幣的位置，該服務混淆了加密代幣，使它們更難以追蹤。這些代幣的價值在過去一年增加了一倍多，目前價值超過 1.24 億美元。

Ahlgren, who lives in Austin, was the first American convicted of tax crimes tied solely to the sale of cryptoassets. He’s agreed to pay $1 million in restitution to the US to cover tax losses from underreporting capital gains on the sale of $3.7 million in Bitcoin. Prosecutors said he used some of the proceeds to buy a house in Park City, Utah.

居住在奧斯汀的阿爾格倫是第一個因僅與加密資產銷售相關的稅務犯罪而被定罪的美國人。他同意向美國賠償 100 萬美元，以彌補出售 370 萬美元比特幣而少報資本利得造成的稅收損失。檢察官稱，他用部分收益在猶他州帕克城買了一棟房子。

In their request, prosecutors said Ahlgren’s property “cannot be attached by ordinary physical means.” The government asked “not only to restrain any virtual currency by order of this court, but to obtain the private keys to enable it access so that it cannot be moved by others. Should the private keys be lost or destroyed, the virtual currency is irretrievable.”

檢察官在請求中表示，阿爾格倫的財產「不能透過普通的物理手段扣押」。政府要求“不僅根據法院的命令限制任何虛擬貨幣，而且還要求獲得私鑰以使其能夠訪問，從而使其無法被其他人移動。”如果私鑰遺失或被破壞，虛擬貨幣將無法挽回。

The judge’s order said that Ahlgren cannot “dissipate,” transfer or sell any property without prior approval of the court, but he can spend on “normal monthly living expenses.”

法官的命令稱，未經法院事先批准，阿爾格倫不能「消散」、轉讓或出售任何財產，但他可以支出「正常的每月生活費用」。

Ahlgren, who pleaded guilty on Sept. 12, was sentenced on Dec. 12. His attorney, Dennis Kainen, said his client will comply with the order.

阿爾格倫於 9 月 12 日認罪，並於 12 月 12 日被判刑。 他的律師丹尼斯·凱寧 (Dennis Kainen) 表示，他的當事人將遵守命令。

“We will comply with a court directive, or to the extent that we have a question, we will direct it to the court,” Kainen said. “We appreciate the care that Judge Pitman has taken throughout this case.”

凱寧說：“我們將遵守法院指令，或者如果我們有疑問，我們將直接向法院提出。” “我們感謝皮特曼法官在整個案件中所給予的照顧。”

The case is US v. Ahlgren, 24-cr-00031, US District Court, Western District of Texas (Austin).

該案是美國訴 Ahlgren，24-cr-00031，德州西區美國地方法院（奧斯汀）。

--With assistance from Olga Kharif.

——在奧爾加·卡里夫的協助下。

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