早期比特币投资者现面临两年监禁和 110 万美元罚款

美国司法部最近表示，他们已对德克萨斯州奥斯汀市的一名名叫弗兰克·理查德·阿尔格伦三世 (Frank Richard Ahlgren III) 的男子定罪并判处两年监禁。

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.

比特币投资先驱弗兰克·理查德·阿尔格伦三世 (Frank Richard Ahlgren III) 最近被判有罪，因未能完全披露其加密货币交易收入而面临两年监禁。据美国司法部 (DOJ) 称，阿尔格伦三世通过出售他大约十年前获得的比特币资产赚取了高达 400 万美元的收入。

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.

据司法部称，当 Ahlgren III 最初出售其比特币资产时，他赚取了约 370 万美元，但他在所得税申报表上误报了这笔钱，掩盖了他从加密货币收入中获得的真实资本收益。

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

早期比特币投资者面临两年监禁和 110 万美元罚款

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.

美国司法部最近宣布，他们已对德克萨斯州奥斯汀市的一名名叫弗兰克·理查德·阿尔格伦三世 (Frank Richard Ahlgren III) 的犯罪分子定罪并判处两年监禁。 Ahlgren III 还将为其逃税案件支付 110 万美元的归还罚款，在这一针对加密行业的里程碑式起诉中服刑两年后，将获得一年的监督释放。

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.”

司法部税务部门代理副助理总检察长 Stuart M. Goldberg 表示，Ahlgren III 赚取了数百万美元的加密收入，“但他没有缴纳他知道应缴的税款，而是向会计师谎报了很大一部分税款的数额”。他的收益并试图通过复杂的技术隐藏他的另一大部分利润，这些技术旨在掩盖他在比特币区块链上的交易。”

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 通过 Coinbase 交易所以近 500 美元的价格购买了大约 1,366 个比特币。他保留了这些硬币，并决定在 2017 年至 2019 年期间以每枚硬币 5,807.53 美元的价格出售其中 640 枚。据报道，这位早期 BTC 投资者从这笔交易中赚取了 370 万美元，但他没有申报。

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.

美国国税局刑事调查 (IRS-CI) 休斯顿办事处代理特别负责人 Lucy Tan 表示：“此案标志着第一起仅针对加密货币的刑事逃税起诉。”美国司法部强烈建议公众，所有纳税人都必须在纳税申报表中报告其加密货币收入和损失。

Early Bitcoin Predictions and Current State

早期比特币预测和现状

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.

今年早些时候，有关比特币创造者中本聪（化名）真实身份的报道在网上出现，当时比特币的第一个采用者与顶级硬币的实际创造者分享了所谓的电子邮件。据与中本聪合作的 BTC 开发者 Martii“Sirius”Malmi 称，其创建者预测比特币未来将会爆炸，特别是在加密货币即将面临其挖矿算力消耗的审查的情况下。

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，比特币的估值达到了迄今为​​止的最高值，突破了 10 万美元的门槛，这是分析师、专家和希望顶级货币取得成功的粉丝的最高预测。 BTC 距离 10 万美元的估值已经有很长的路要走，特别是追溯到 15 年前，顶级加密货币的估值与 meme 币相似，约为 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.

由于近期比特币背后的努力，包括当选总统唐纳德·J·特朗普的支持，许多幸运的比特币早期投资者现在看到了自己的钱的价值，因为比特币今年飙升了 140%。然而，这并不能成为任何人伪造纳税申报表和未申报其加密收益的借口，Ahlgren III 是反对加密货币逃税的里程碑式案例。