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Comment on Early Bitcoin Investor Roger Ver Charged with Tax Fraud

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Interesting title by justice.gov. Tax evasion is illegal regardless of your background / investment portfolio, so why relevant? Sowing sentiment?

It’s a normal thing for the DOJ. They write press releases like articles, so you’ll see titles like “Popular businessman,” “Tech Company Founder charged with fraud,” “Social Media Influencer charged with…” etc.

Sowing sentiment?

Yes. Trials are adversarial- persuasion often matters as much or more than facts in formal legal writing. Blog posts presenting reason for prosecuting someone even moreso... Public perception, politics, etc etc etc.

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