--- title: Early Bitcoin Investor Charged with Tax Fraud | daily.dev description: Early bitcoin investor Roger Ver has been charged with mail fraud, tax evasion, and filing false tax returns. He allegedly owned two companies, MemoryDealers... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/early-bitcoin-investor-charged-with-tax-fraud-qasjneb3d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Early Bitcoin Investor Charged with Tax Fraud | daily.dev og:description: Early bitcoin investor Roger Ver has been charged with mail fraud, tax evasion, and filing false tax returns. He allegedly owned two companies, MemoryDealers... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/early-bitcoin-investor-charged-with-tax-fraud-qasjneb3d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QASJneB3D.png og:image:alt: Early Bitcoin Investor Charged with Tax Fraud og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Early Bitcoin Investor Charged with Tax Fraud **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Early bitcoin investor Roger Ver has been charged with mail fraud, tax evasion, and filing false tax returns. He allegedly owned two companies, MemoryDealers and Agilestar, and acquired bitcoins for himself and his companies. Ver allegedly concealed his ownership of bitcoins and caused a loss of at least $48 million to the IRS. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@flashflash** · 1 upvotes > Hurray! --- Tags: [#crypto](https://daily.dev/tags/crypto), [#bitcoin](https://daily.dev/tags/bitcoin) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/early-bitcoin-investor-charged-with-tax-fraud-qasjneb3d) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Early Bitcoin Investor Charged with Tax Fraud","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/early-bitcoin-investor-charged-with-tax-fraud-qasjneb3d","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/early-bitcoin-investor-charged-with-tax-fraud-qasjneb3d"},"datePublished":"2024-05-01T08:24:16.458Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z","description":"Early bitcoin investor Roger Ver has been charged with mail fraud, tax evasion, and filing false tax returns. 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