早期比特幣投資者現面臨兩年監禁和 110 萬美元罰款

美國司法部最近表示，他們已對德克薩斯州奧斯汀市的一名名叫弗蘭克·理查德·阿爾格倫三世 (Frank Richard Ahlgren III) 的男子定罪並判處兩年監禁。

Frank Richard Ahlgren III, a pioneer in Bitcoin investment who was recently found guilty, now faces two years in prison for failing to fully disclose his cryptocurrency transaction earnings. According to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Ahlgren III earned up to $4 million from the sale of his Bitcoin assets, which he acquired almost a decade ago.

比特幣投資先驅弗蘭克·理查德·阿爾格倫三世 (Frank Richard Ahlgren III) 最近被判有罪，因未能完全披露其加密貨幣交易收入而面臨兩年監禁。據美國司法部 (DOJ) 稱，阿爾格倫三世通過出售他大約十年前獲得的比特幣資產賺取了高達 400 萬美元的收入。

When Ahlgren III initially sold his Bitcoin assets, he earned around $3.7 million, which he misreported on his income tax return, concealing his true capital gains from cryptocurrency earnings, according to the DOJ.

據司法部稱，當Ahlgren III 最初出售其比特幣資產時，他賺取了約370 萬美元，但他在所得稅申報表上誤報了這筆錢，掩蓋了他從加密貨幣收入中獲得的真實資本收益。

Early Bitcoin Investor Faces Two Years in Prison, $1.1M Fine

早期比特幣投資者面臨兩年監禁和 110 萬美元罰款

The United States Department of Justice recently announced that they have convicted and sentenced an Austin, Texas, man named Frank Richard Ahlgren III to two years in prison for his crimes. Ahlgren III will also pay a $1.1 million restitution fine for his tax evasion case, followed by one year of supervised release after serving his two years behind bars in this landmark prosecution against the crypto industry.

美國司法部最近宣布，他們已對德克薩斯州奧斯汀市的一名名叫弗蘭克·理查德·阿爾格倫三世 (Frank Richard Ahlgren III) 的犯罪分子定罪並判處兩年監禁。 Ahlgren III 還將為其逃稅案件支付 110 萬美元的歸還罰款，在這一針對加密行業的里程碑式起訴中服刑兩年後，將獲得一年的監督釋放。

According to Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, Ahlgren III earned millions in crypto earnings, “But instead of paying the taxes he knew were due, he lied to his accountant about the extent of a large portion of his gains and sought to conceal another chunk of his profits through sophisticated techniques designed to obscure his transactions on the bitcoin blockchain.”

司法部稅務部門代理副助理總檢察長Stuart M. Goldberg 表示，Ahlgren III 賺取了數百萬美元的加密收入，「但他沒有繳納他知道應繳的稅款，而是向會計師謊報了很大一部分稅款的數額」。他的收益並試圖通過複雜的技術隱藏他的另一大部分利潤，這些技術旨在掩蓋他在比特幣區塊鏈上的交易。”

Ahlgren III Purchased Approximately 1,366 Bitcoins in 2015 via Coinbase's exchange for nearly $500. He kept the coins and decided to sell 640 of them from 2017 to 2019 at a rate of $5,807.53 per coin. The early BTC investor reportedly earned $3.7 million from this transaction, which he failed to declare.

2015 年，Ahlgren III 透過 Coinbase 交易所以近 500 美元的價格購買了大約 1,366 個比特幣。他保留了這些硬幣，並決定在 2017 年至 2019 年期間以每枚硬幣 5,807.53 美元的價格出售其中 640 枚。據報道，這位早期 BTC 投資者從這筆交易中賺了 370 萬美元，但他沒有申報。

Acting Special Agent in Charge Lucy Tan of the IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Houston Field Office stated, “This case marks the first criminal tax evasion prosecution centered solely on cryptocurrency.” The US DOJ strongly advises the public that all taxpayers must report their crypto earnings and losses in their tax returns.

美國國稅局刑事調查 (IRS-CI) 休斯頓辦事處代理特別負責人 Lucy Tan 表示：“此案標誌著第一起僅針對加密貨幣的刑事逃稅起訴。”美國司法部強烈建議公眾，所有納稅人都必須在報稅表中報告其加密貨幣收入和損失。

Early Bitcoin Predictions and Current State

早期比特幣預測與現狀

Earlier this year, reports about the real identity of Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, an alias, surfaced online when a first adopter of BTC shared alleged emails with the actual creator of the top coin. According to Martii “Sirius” Malmi, a BTC developer who worked with Nakamoto, the creator predicted that Bitcoin would blow up in the future, especially with the scrutiny cryptocurrency was about to face with its mining power consumption.

今年早些時候，有關比特幣創造者中本聰（化名）真實身份的報道在網上出現，當時比特幣的第一個採用者與頂級硬幣的實際創造者分享了所謂的電子郵件。據與中本聰合作的 BTC 開發者 Martii「Sirius」Malmi 稱，其創建者預測比特幣未來將會爆炸，特別是在加密貨幣即將面臨其挖礦算力消耗的審查的情況下。

Recently, Bitcoin reached its highest valuation yet, crossing the $100,000 threshold, which was a top prediction by analysts, experts, and fans who want the top coin to succeed. BTC has come a long way from this $100k valuation, especially as going back 15 years ago, the top cryptocurrency has a similar valuation to meme coins, which is about one-tenth of a single centavo.

最近，比特幣的估值達到了迄今為止的最高值，突破了 10 萬美元的門檻，這是分析師、專家和希望頂級貨幣成功的粉絲的最高預測。 BTC 距離 10 萬美元的估值已經有很長的路要走，特別是追溯到 15 年前，頂級加密貨幣的估值與 meme 幣相似，約為 1 centavo 的十分之一。

There have been many fortunate early investors in Bitcoin who are now seeing their money’s worth as the coin surged up to 140 percent this year, thanks to the recent efforts behind it, including the support from President-elect Donald J. Trump. However, this does not excuse anyone from falsifying their tax returns and failing to declare their crypto gains, with Ahlgren III being the landmark case against cryptocurrency tax evasion.

由於近期比特幣背後的努力，包括當選總統唐納德·J·川普的支持，許多幸運的比特幣早期投資者現在看到了自己的錢的價值，今年比特幣的漲幅高達 140%。然而，這並不能成為任何人偽造報稅表和未申報加密貨幣收益的藉口，Ahlgren III 是反對加密貨幣逃稅的具有里程碑意義的案例。