Justice Dept.: Early Bitcoin Investor Sentenced for Filing Tax Returns That Falsely Reported His Cryptocurrency Gains
December 14, 2024
December 14, 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release:
An Austin, Texas, man was sentenced today to two years in prison for filing a tax return that falsely underreported the capital gains he earned from selling $3.7 million in bitcoins.
According to court documents and statements made in court, between 2017 and 2019, Frank Richard Ahlgren III, filed false tax returns that underreported or did not report the sale of $4 million worth of . . .
An Austin, Texas, man was sentenced today to two years in prison for filing a tax return that falsely underreported the capital gains he earned from selling $3.7 million in bitcoins.
According to court documents and statements made in court, between 2017 and 2019, Frank Richard Ahlgren III, filed false tax returns that underreported or did not report the sale of $4 million worth of . . .