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Don’t use crypto to cheat on taxes: Bitcoin bro gets 2 years

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Frank Richard Ahlgren III was sentenced to two years in prison for tax evasion.

He used mixers, managed multiple wallets, and set up in-person meetings to swap bitcoins for cash.

The Austin , Texas , man started buying bitcoins in 2011 and cashed in in 2017 .

He bought a house in Utah mostly funded by bitcoins he purchased in 2015 .

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71

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67

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66

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informal

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English

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41

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possibly offensive

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short-lived

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