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I think the possible reason for raiding him is to catch up on tax obligations from having accrued so much undeclared wealth. I don't know if there are other cr
by bmelton 11y ago
I think the possible reason for raiding him is to catch up on tax obligations from having accrued so much undeclared wealth.
I don't know if there are other crimes for which they intend to charge him, but that's the first one that pops to mind.
Also, they've obviously had meetings in advance of "what do we do if we determine the identity of Satoshi", because this raid was FAST.
- amix 11y agoThe person(s) who leaked the documents to the media, could also have leaked them to the Australian authorities.
- aianus 11y agoYou don't have to pay taxes on capital gains until you sell the asset. Satoshi hasn't sold his hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin, they're just sitting there on the blockchain where they were mined.
- Angostura 11y agoUnless Australian tax law considers Bitcoin a currency.
- NeutronBoy 11y agoIt doesn't