Roger Ver, an early investor of Bitcoin (BTC) that was once known as “Bitcoin Jesús” for his support for cryptocurrency, was accused of alleged fiscal fraud last year and could be sentenced to life imprisonment.
Now, many industry veterans are reaching their support, including the co -founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Butein, who described the “absurd” potential sentence.
“Going to prison for the rest of your life for non -violent fiscal crimes is absurd,” Buterin said in a publication on social networks. “The case against Roger seems very politically motivated; As with Ross Ulbricht, there have been many people and corporations that have been accused of much worse and, nevertheless, they faced much softer sentences than Roger faces. ”
Going to prison for the rest of your life for non -violent tax crimes is absurd. The case against Roger seems very politically motivated; as with @RealrossuThere have been many people and corporations that have been accused of very worse prayers and, nevertheless, faced far … https://t.co/7g3zdkn2f2f2f2
– Vitalik.eth (@vitalikbuterin) March 1, 2025
His words occur after the founder of the Silk route, Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for creating the Darknet market and then forgiven by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, showed support to see, saying that no one should “spend the rest of his life in prison for taxes.”
Similarly, the founder of Kraken, Jesse Powell, has argued in defense of seeing. “The reality is that they simply do not like and want to get it, and they will use any excuse so that they can get it or make their life hell for the time they can.”
See and his legal team are challenging the case, arguing that the charges presented against him are politically motivated.
