No, but he sold firecrackers online and sent them through the U.S. Postal Service.

 

He got caught.


He's like the leader of the Flat-Earther cult. The sort of people that are attracted by it are the stupid, the naive, and those people who were probably neglected.


Don't give him Gold. Gold deserves some respect. Give him a shitcoin, but he already has that. Haha.

No, that's just one of the latest in a long series of bold lies from him.  The reality is that his indictment was before the book, and the legal issues began years ago.  His case had already been fought up to the US supreme court (which punted the case almost two years ago) before he hired a writer to write upr/btc disinformation so he could put it out under his name.

It sure looks to me that he put out this otherwise worthless book (which adds absolutely nothing couldn't have read on rbtc) specifically to create a indisputably false narrative that tax evasion charges were retaliation.  This is a particularly selfish lie because to save his own skin he's fabricating support for a huge lie about Bitcoin.

The reality is that even internet randos noticed the tax evasion years before: ver posted a picture of his exit tax cheque and also bragged about his holdings... not everyone is cursed with innumeracy, but if that wasn't enough Ver's "passports for Bitcoin" site seemingly advocating renouncing to evade gains taxes was probably a bit of a tip-off.  

In any case, you don't have to support US tax policy to disapprove of a selfish liar trying to toss Bitcoin under a bus to save himself from the easily predicted consequences of his choices.  (To be clear: saying the consequences were easily predictable is not a statement of approval or disapproval.)

My favor irony in this is for all Ver's howling about sekret guberment agents is that he's represented by Steptoe-- a lawfirm well known for being connected to US intelligence, opposing the public's access to encryption during the crypto wars, revolving door with the agencies, etc.   I dunno what it is with the people who are most overwrought with baseless "government agents" allegations so frequently find themselves aligning with people and organizations where the relationship is indisputable.

Perhaps when he loses his case, he'll "discover" the firm's connections and past and then weave that into the narrative.

This is also not a new approach from him either, -- after he was charged in relation to his explosive adventures he tried to claim it was all really retaliation by the government because he made comments criticizing the governments handling of waco.

Roger Ver was an early investor in Bitcoin, Bitcoin-related startups and an early promoter of Bitcoin, and because of his endeavours towards bitcoin he was also known as "Bitcoin Jesus". He now primarily promotes Bitcoin Cash.
He was doing well at a point in time,but releasing such information to the public,I don't think that's a good approach to development. He allegedly spoke against the US government and tried to cover his guilt by writing a book onr/btc so it could be in his name.
I don't even see the use of his soul called book.And currently now he is being charged with mail fraud, tax evasion and filing false tax returns.He is liable to face 30 years imprisonment if being found guilty on all counts.He also has past events such as in 2002 and 2003 where he spent 10 months in prison for  selling explosives on eBay which had excessive gunpowder without a license, as well as illegally storing and mailing them.

Thousands of people from my tiny country sell their houses and pay thousands of dollars to migrate to the USA and get US citizenship. It's really a horror if the US citizen has to pay taxes even if they work outside of the USA and even in that case when they renounce their US citizenship, so I don't understand, why so many people fight to get US citizenship. Are there really such big salaries in the US that they are worth it?

I don't feel sorry for him, I'm even grateful that he is getting the taste of something that's similar to his medicine. He has been using the advantage of owning Bitcoin.com to earn millions of dollars. Thanks to Roger Ver, lots of people accidentally invested their money in Bitcoin Cash instead of real Bitcoin and lots of people sent Bitcoins from their addresses to BCH addresses. He lied to so many people that he deserves to get a sentence for his lies. Everyone should get a taste of their own medicine.

I watched the whole of the video and am 100% sure Ver did not even once mention the tax evasion case was several years prior to the book being launched. What he did state was the tax evasion issues arose two weeks after the book was launched. This is where the interviewer could have carried out some research beforehand and then could have asked some questions to clarify his comments.

After reading your post it seems Ver was economical with the truth in large parts of that interview.

You should not blindly trust Roger and his ''vision''.
Remember how he trusted and worked together with scammers Faketoshi CSW and Calvin Ayre in this ''vision'' , they even celebrated with a wine.
I am not supporting modern taxation scheme at all, but this has nothing to do with Roger's making mistakes in the past.

Tucker Carlson is well informed about most things, but he doesn't ask certain questions on purpose or he is ignorant of doing specific research on purpose. There is some agenda on his mind and he gives stages to some strange characters all the time while neglecting to preserve journalistic balance and integrity. That is why Tucker Carlson offered the perfect stage for someone like Roger Ver.

The thing about Ver is that this guy is like a parrot, just faster. I remember all the interviews when he was talking about Bitcoin Cash. There wasn't a single twist in 100 interviews he gave because he knew the playbook by heart so precisely that I thought this guy should be learning poems professionally as he would never miss a word no matter the number of poems he has to learn. When Ver gets asked a question, he has his rhetoric toolbox and hats off to him how quickly he finds his right tools to answer the question with words he has already used before in the same interview/talk.

At some points during the interview I thought someone changed the speed to 2x. He talks so fast, conveys the same story over and over again and if someone watches it and doesn't know some history about that guy, which I assume is the case as not all Tucker Carlson fans know Ver, they will believe him at least partially.

If Ver was interviewed by a Bitcoin guy, the audience mostly knows him and discounts the substance/truth of whatever he says by some factor automatically. But Tucker Carlson's community was the perfect place for him to get out his version as they are mostly into politics and haven't heard about him.

Does anyone know or have a ballpark number of how many Bitcoin Ver ever owned? Has there been some leak of some sort?

I found the thread today and was surprised I had not replied to your post. Regarding the exact number of Bitcoin ever owned by Ver, if he never mentioned it himself in an interview it would be difficult for anybody to guess but the US authorities did use figures in their claim against him. The allegation is that Ver held at some stages 131,000 and 73,000 Bitcoin in different wallets between himself and his companies (therefore a total of over 200,000 BTC).

Keeping that aside, Ver lost his appeal against extradition therefore he could be extradited imminently.

According to a website Trumps second ex-wife (Marla Maples) has given her support to Roger Ver. She has asked for the charges against him to be dropped. After Ross Ulbricht was pardoned, the number of people backing for the charges against Ver to be dismissed have been growing. Several people close to Trump including Musk also want charges against Ver to be dropped.

Well, sorry but I careless about Roger ver or what he think about bitcoin, even though his claim that bitcoin has been hijacked is one that possibly we may likely need more explanation on, but maybe this is just one of his numerous lies and ways he tries to seek/gain attention of the public and stay relevant in the media.

What I care more about is him firing shots at Theymos, if indeed he did that, then it means Theymos must be one influential and well known person over there in the US, and that gives this forum a good influence and relevance 😁

Anyways, tax evasion is a serious offence in the US, some believe tax is a way the government steal from ordinary citizens, I really don't have anything to say here since I am not a citizen of the US, but then I wish Roger ver luck getting through the case.