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Bitcoin Investor Faces Prison Time for Underreporting Crypto Gains

An early bitcoin investor in the United States has pleaded guilty to underreporting his cryptocurrency gains, resulting in a tax loss of over $550,000 to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The investor, Frank Richard Ahlgren III, admitted to falsely reporting capital gains from selling $3.7 million worth of BTC. He inflated the cost basis of his bitcoin in his tax return, allowing him to underreport his capital gains. Ahlgren now faces potential prison time, fines, restitution, and supervised release. The Department of Justice emphasized the importance of accurately reporting crypto transactions to the IRS.

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