Lawyers for Roger Ver, also known by the moniker 'Bitcoin Jesus,' filed a motion to dismiss the criminal indictment for tax evasion in a California court.
When popular bitcoin influencer Roger Ver, known by his 700,000 X followers as "Bitcoin Jesus," was arrested in February while attending a cryptocurrency conference in Barcelona, the $3 trillion digital asset industry erupted with social media posts and commentary from leading industry voices condemning the act as yet another example of the Biden administration's "war on crypto." Ver’s arrest came after the U.S.
TRUMP ADMIN EYES CFTC TO LEAD DIGITAL ASSET REGULATION In its indictment, the government claims that in 2014, Ver purposely "underreported the fair market values" of his personal bitcoin holdings as well as the holdings he controlled through his two businesses — MemoryDealers US and Agilestar, which were among the first companies to accept bitcoin as a payment method — to avoid paying a higher so-called "exit tax.
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