$48 Million Salvation: ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Roger Ver Settles Tax Fraud Case

Roger Ver the early Bitcoin promoter often called “Bitcoin Jesus,” has reached what reports describe as a tentative deal to resolve a US criminal tax case by paying about $48 ￰0￱ to prosecutors the payment would settle alleged tax shortfalls tied to his cryptocurrency holdings from 2014 through ￰1￱ agreement is not yet final and must be approved by a federal ￰2￱ Details And Court Review Based on reports the deal is structured as a deferred-prosecution ￰3￱ means charges could be dropped if Ver meets the terms laid out by prosecutors and the ￰4￱ agreement has not been filed with the judge

and legal observers say the judge could change parts of it or reject ￰5￱ and earlier arrest actions remain part of the case’s public ￰6￱ was arrested in Spain after the indictment was unsealed in April 2024 and US authorities later sought his ￰7￱ to The New York Times Roger Ver known as “Bitcoin Jesus,” has agreed to pay $48 million under a deferred prosecution deal with the ￰8￱ of Justice to settle a tax evasion ￰9￱ reportedly paid $600,000 to Trump ally Roger Stone and hired lawyers and… — Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) October 9 2025 Allegations And Asset Valuation According to court filings and public statements by the Department of Justice

prosecutors say “Bitcoin Jesus” and companies tied to him held roughly 131,000 BTC at the time he left the US in ￰10￱ stash was valued at about $114 million in the filings prosecutors say and they applied rules about expatriation that treat assets as if they were sold the day before someone renounces ￰11￱ government’s math led to an asserted tax liability of roughly $48 million for the years in ￰12￱ in the case include tax-related counts and mail fraud based on accusations that Ver underreported personal holdings and downplayed distributions from firms he ￰13￱ charges remain on the public docket until any court signs off on a final ￰14￱ Jesus: Legal Team And Political Links Reports have disclosed that Ver hired lawyers with ties to high-profile Bitcoin and political ￰15￱ outlets also say he paid $600,000 to Trump ally Roger Stone as part of lobbying efforts

and those payments have drawn attention from commentators on both sides of the political ￰16￱ observers are watching whether political connections affect how crypto enforcement is handled under US President Donald Trump’s administration while others urge caution and point to the need for legal facts to guide any ￰17￱ image from Pexels chart from TradingView