NFT Trader Waylon Wilcox認罪，從而使Cryptopunk NFT銷售中的近1300萬美元的利潤不足

Waylon Wilcox認罪，因交易Cryptopunk NFTS的票據而低估了近1200萬美元的利潤。賓夕法尼亞州居民在承認在2021年和2022年提交虛假的納稅申報表後將面臨最高六年的監禁。

An NFT trader has pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns where he vastly underreported nearly $13 million in profits from trading CryptoPunk NFTs.

NFT交易員對提交虛假的納稅申報表認罪，在此，他從交易Cryptopunk NFTS中大大低估了近1300萬美元的利潤。

The Pennsylvania resident, Waylon Wilcox, faces up to six years in prison after admitting to fabricating income figures and reducing his tax bill by millions over two years.

賓夕法尼亞州居民韋倫·威爾科克斯（Waylon Wilcox）承認捏造收入數字並將其稅收賬單減少了兩年，將面臨長達六年的監禁。

The 43-year-old trader sold 62 CryptoPunk NFTs in 2021, earning around $7.4 million and an additional $4.9 million from 35 sales in 2022, Federal prosecutors said.

聯邦檢察官說，這位43歲的交易員在2021年售出了62個加密郵政NFTS，在2022年的35銷售額中賺了約740萬美元，額外收入了490萬美元。

However, Wilcox reported substantially lower income amounts to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

但是，Wilcox報告了國稅局（IRS）的收入量大大較低。

How False Tax Filings Hid Millions in CryptoPunk Gains

虛假的納稅文件如何隱藏著數百萬的加密貨幣收益

In April 2022, Wilcox filed a false return for 2021, underreporting $8.5 million in income and reducing his tax bill by about $2.1 million.

2022年4月，威爾科克斯（Wilcox）提交了2021年的虛假回報，報導了850萬美元的收入，並將其稅單減少了約210萬美元。

The trader also reported net income of about $1 million, whereas his true income was over $9.6 million for the year, according to court documents.

根據法庭文件，該交易員還報告說，淨收入約為100萬美元，而他的真實收入在當年的淨收入超過960萬美元。

In October 2023, Wilcox again filed a false return where he underreported $4.6 million in income for 2022 and avoided roughly $1.1 million in taxes.

2023年10月，威爾科克斯（Wilcox）再次提交了虛假的回報，他在2022年的收入不足460萬美元，並避免了大約110萬美元的稅款。

According to the U.S. prosecutors, Wilcox intentionally answered “no” when asked if he engaged in digital asset transactions despite actively buying and selling 97 CryptoPunk NFTs.

根據美國檢察官的說法，當被問及他是否從事數字資產交易時，威爾科克斯（Wilcox）有意回答“否”，儘管積極購買和出售97個加密郵政NFT。

Wilcox pleaded guilty April 9 to two counts of filing false returns. The charges carry a maximum sentence of six years in prison, supervised release, and fines. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

威爾科克斯（Wilcox）於4月9日認罪，兩項提交虛假申報表。這些指控最高判處六年徒刑，監督釋放和罰款。尚未設置量刑日期。

IRS Criminal Investigation division remains dedicated to uncovering complex financial schemes involving virtual currencies, said Yury Kruty, Special Agent in Charge of the IRS Philadelphia Field Office.

IRS費城國稅局特工Yury Kruty說，IRS刑事調查部仍然致力於發現涉及虛擬貨幣的複雜金融計劃。

Since January 2024, centralized crypto exchanges have been required to report users’ sales and trades to the IRS.

自2024年1月以來，需要集中的加密交易所向IRS報告用戶的銷售和交易。

In a separate development, former President Donald Trump recently signed a resolution overturning a rule that would have required decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms to report transactions by 2027.

在另一項發展中，前總統唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）最近簽署了一項決議，推翻了一項規則，該規則將需要分散的財務（DEFI）平台在2027年之前報告交易。