IRS Agent Who Took Down ‘Silk Road’ Turns His Attention To Recreational Bitcoin Investors

The IRS wants bitcoin investors who dodge taxes to know it knows what’s going on, and people won’t be able to get away with it for long.

Share to twitterIRS agent Gary Alford spoke about tax consequences of cryptocurrency gains at a panel in New York.The Internal Revenue Service has a message it wants to get out to recreational bitcoin investors who think they can dodge taxes on their cryptocurrency gains — it knows what’s going on, and people won’t be able to get away with it for long.

Speaking from a seat in front of a luxurious fireplace at the Columbus Citizens Foundation townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Alford said:

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