Federal prosecutors will drop all charges against Roger Ver, an early bitcoin investor known as “Bitcoin Jesus,” after he agreed to pay nearly $50 million in back taxes and penalties, authorities announced on Oct. 14.
Ver, 46, remains in Spain after being arrested in April 2024 for tax evasion. The agreement ends years of legal wrangling over his alleged underpayment of capital gains taxes after leaving the country.
Ver publicly campaigned earlier this year for President Donald Trump to help him “end this lawfare,” claiming he had been harassed for years over the case.
Trump elected not to pardon him, but Ver was able to reach an agreement with the new administration….