比特币投资者必须披露密码才能解锁 1.24 亿美元的数字资产

一名早期比特币投资者上个月因与加密货币销售相关的税务欺诈被判处两年监禁，并被勒令披露他的秘密通行证

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.

一名早期比特币投资者因与加密货币销售相关的税务欺诈而被定罪，已被勒令披露其秘密密码，以便美国官员能够解锁目前价值约 1.24 亿美元的数字资产。

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. 

美国地区法官罗伯特·皮特曼 (Robert Pitman) 周一裁定，弗兰克·理查德·阿尔格伦三世 (Frank Richard Ahlgren III) 因刑事案件欠政府约 100 万美元赔偿，必须交出密码并识别用于存储密码的任何设备，同时披露他所有的加密货币账户。德克萨斯州奥斯汀联邦法院。

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，检察官要求法官强迫 Ahlgren 披露他在 2020 年通过“混合”服务转移的至少 1,287 个比特币的位置，该服务混淆了加密代币，使它们更难以追踪。这些代币的价值在过去一年中增加了一倍多，目前价值超过 1.24 亿美元。

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.

居住在奥斯汀的阿尔格伦是第一个因仅与加密资产销售相关的税务犯罪而被定罪的美国人。他同意向美国赔偿 100 万美元，以弥补因出售 370 万美元比特币而少报资本收益而造成的税收损失。检察官称，他用部分收益在犹他州帕克城购买了一套房子。

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.”

检察官在请求中表示，阿尔格伦的财产“不能通过普通的物理手段扣押”。政府要求“不仅根据法院的命令限制任何虚拟货币，而且还要求获得私钥以使其能够访问，从而使其无法被其他人移动。”如果私钥丢失或被破坏，虚拟货币将无法挽回。”

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.”

法官的命令称，未经法院事先批准，阿尔格伦不能“消散”、转让或出售任何财产，但他可以支出“正常的每月生活费用”。

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

阿尔格伦于 9 月 12 日认罪，并于 12 月 12 日被判刑。他的律师丹尼斯·凯宁 (Dennis Kainen) 表示，他的当事人将遵守命令。

“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.”

凯宁说：“我们将遵守法院指令，或者如果我们有疑问，我们将直接向法院提出。” “我们感谢皮特曼法官在整个案件中所给予的照顾。”

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

该案是美国诉 Ahlgren，编号 24-cr-00031，德克萨斯州西区美国地方法院（奥斯汀）。

--With assistance from Olga Kharif.

——在奥尔加·卡里夫的协助下。

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