The start of Bitcoin’s investor and defender Roger Roger, also known as “Bitcoin Jesus”, filed a complaint against Spain seeking to block his extradition in the United States, where he faces a case of tax evasion.
The trial, submitted to the European Court of Human Rights, argues that extradition violates Ver’s human rights, according to Bloomberg’s law.
Prosecutors of the United States Ministry of Justice charged the verd of tax fraud in April 2024, alleging that it owed $ 48 million. The Spanish Authorities for the Application of Laws arrested green shortly after. He filed a deposit in May and was authorized to leave the prison.
Cointelegraph stretched out to comment on to comment but had not received an answer at the time of publication. Ver has repeatedly maintained his innocence, saying that the case against him is politically motivated.
Ver, the creator of the BTC Hard Fork Bitcoin Cash (BCH), remains a controversial figure of the Bitcoin community (BTC). Despite polarization, industry leaders and cryptographic veterans continue to appeal to the Ministry of Justice to abandon the case.
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In December 2024, his lawyers filed a request to reject the tax charges, calling the exit tax taken by the United States against anyone with a net value of $ 2 million or more wishing to renounce his American citizenship, as “unconstitutional”. Defense lawyers wrote:
“The indictment against Roger Ver must be rejected for two reasons. First, accusations in the indictment are unconstitutional. The “exit tax” in question violates both the distribution clause and the regular procedural clause of the Constitution. “
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was pardoned by US President Donald Trump in January, called on the US government to end the Ver.
“No one should spend the rest of his life in prison on taxes. Let him pay the tax, if applicable, and end it,” wrote Ulbricht in February.
The co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, echoes Ulbricht’s comments, qualifying the “extreme” American exit tax and the “politically motivated” tax charges.
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