A cryptocurrency creator pleaded guilty to filing a tax document with information he didn’t believe was true, and to willfully failing to file a tax return.
Amir Bruno Elmaani entered the guilty pleas Wednesday at the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The federal government alleged Elmaani committed the crimes as part of broader misconduct—including failing to report income he earned by minting new cryptocurrency “Pearl” tokens for his personal use, despite telling investors the number of tokens was fixed.
In total, Elmaani failed to report millions of dollars in income to the government, according to ...
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