PANews reported on December 4 that according to Fox Business, the legal team of "Bitcoin Jesus" Roger Ver filed a motion to dismiss his tax evasion charges, saying the case involved excessive government enforcement. Ver was accused of not paying taxes on his 2017 Bitcoin gains and underreporting the value of his assets when he renounced his citizenship in 2014.
The legal team said that Weir had followed the limited tax guidelines at the time and hired lawyers and assessment agencies to comply with the regulations, and believed that the charges were politically motivated. With the Trump administration's promise to end the crackdown on the crypto industry, the case may be dropped.
