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The post Texas Man Sentenced to 2 Years for $4M Bitcoin Tax Fraud: A Landmark Case appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News
Frank Richard Ahlgren III, a Texas resident, was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $1,095,031 in restitution for tax fraud linked to $4 million in Bitcoin sales. This marks the first cryptocurrency-only tax fraud case in U.S. history. Ahlgren used multiple wallets, face-to-face transactions, and mixers like CoinJoin and Wasabi Wallet to obscure fund movements. His attempts to evade taxes led to his conviction, highlighting increased scrutiny of crypto transactions by authorities.
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