NFT Trader因报告近1300万美元的利润而面临最高6年的监禁

45岁的韦伦·威尔科克斯（Waylon Wilcox）承认在2021年和2022年纳税年度提交虚假所得税申报表。

A non-fungible token (NFT) trader could face up to six years in prison after pleading guilty to offenses related to nearly $13 million in profits from trading CryptoPunks, the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said.

宾夕法尼亚州中部检察官办公室说，一位不可杀死的代币（NFT）交易员在对交易加密货币的近1300万美元的利润认罪后，可能面临最高六年的监禁。

Waylon Wilcox, 45, admitted to filing false income tax returns for the 2021 and 2022 tax years, according to an April 9 plea agreement. The former CryptoPunk investor pleaded guilty to two counts of filing false individual income tax returns, federal prosecutors said in an April 11 press release.

根据4月9日的认罪协议，现年45岁的韦伦·威尔科克斯（Waylon Wilcox）承认，在2021年和2022年的纳税年度提交虚假所得税申报表。联邦检察官在4月11日的新闻稿中说，这位前加密邮政投资者对提交虚假个人所得税申报表的两项罪名认罪。

Back in April 2022, Wilcox filed a false individual income tax return for the tax year 2021, which purposely undervalued his income tax by roughly $8.5 million and reduced his tax due by approximately $2.1 million.

早在2022年4月，威尔科克斯（Wilcox）就2021纳税年度提交了虚假的个人所得税申报表，其故意将其所得税低估了约850万美元，并将其税款减少了约210万美元。

In October 2023, Wilcox filed another false individual tax income return for the fiscal year of 2022, purposely undervaluing his income tax by an estimated $4.6 million and reducing his tax due by nearly $1.1 million.

2023年10月，威尔科克斯（Wilcox）在2022财政年度提交了另一份虚假的个人税收收入申报表，故意将其所得税低于估计的460万美元，并将其税款减少近110万美元。

The trader bought and sold 97 pieces of the CryptoPunk NFT collection, the industry’s largest NFT collection, with a $687 million market capitalization.

这位交易员买卖了97件Cryptopunk NFT Collection，这是该行业最大的NFT系列，其市值为6.87亿美元。

In 2021, Wilcox sold 62 CryptoPunk NFTs for a gain of about $7.4 million but reported significantly less on his taxes. In 2022, he sold 35 more CryptoPunks for $4.9 million. The Department of Justice said Wilcox intentionally selected “no” when asked if he had engaged in digital asset transactions on both filings.

2021年，威尔科克斯（Wilcox）出售了62个加密邮政NFT，收益约为740万美元，但据报道税收较少。 2022年，他以490万美元的价格销售了35个加密货币。司法部说，当被问及他是否在这两个文件上从事数字资产交易时，威尔科克斯有意选择“否”。

“IRS Criminal Investigation is committed to unraveling complex financial schemes involving virtual currencies and NFT transactions designed to conceal taxable income,” Philadelphia Field Office Special Agent in charge Yury Kruty said, adding:

费城·克鲁蒂说：“ IRS刑事调查致力于揭开涉及虚拟货币和NFT交易的复杂金融计划，旨在掩盖应税收入。”

The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Criminal Investigation Department.

该案由国税局（IRS）和刑事调查部调查。

Crypto tax rules gain traction

加密税收规则获得牵引力

Crypto tax laws attracted interest worldwide in June 2024 after the IRS issued a new crypto regulation making US crypto transactions subject to third-party tax reporting requirements for the first time.

在美国国税局发布了一项新的加密法规后，加密税法在2024年6月引起了全球利益，这使我们首次受第三方税收报告要求。

Since January, centralized crypto exchanges (CEXs) and other brokers have been required to report the sales and exchanges of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies.

自1月以来，要求集中的加密交易所（CEXS）和其他经纪人报告包括加密货币在内的数字资产的销售和交易所。

On April 10, US President Donald Trump signed a joint congressional resolution to overturn a Biden administration-era legislation that would have required decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to also report transactions to the IRS.

4月10日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）签署了一项共同的国会决议，以推翻拜登政府时代的立法，该立法将需要分散的财务（DEFI）协议，以便向IRS报告交易。

Set to take effect in 2027, the so-called IRS DeFi broker rule would have expanded the tax authority’s existing reporting obligations to include DeFi platforms, necessitating them to disclose gross proceeds from crypto sales, including information regarding taxpayers.

所谓的IRS Defi Broker规则将在2027年生效，将扩大税务机关现有的报告义务，以包括Defi平台，因此必须使他们披露加密货币销售的总收入，包括有关纳税人的信息。

However, some crypto regulatory advisers believe that stablecoin and crypto banking legislation should be a priority above new tax legislation in the US.

但是，一些加密监管顾问认为，Stablecoin和Crypto银行立法应优先考虑美国的新税法立法。

A “tailored regulatory approach” for areas including securities laws and removing “obstacles in banking” is a priority for US lawmakers with “more upside” for the industry, Mattan Erder, general counsel at layer-3 decentralized blockchain network Orbs, told Cointelegraph.

第3层分散的区块链网络球员总法律顾问Mattan Erder告诉Cointelegraph。