Spanish court approved bail appeal for Roger See: Bloomberg – DiarioBitcoin

Ver will remain free under certain conditions, and will be able to face the extradition request presented by the US authorities.

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• Spanish court approved bail appeal for Roger Ver
• The measure became effective in mid-May
• Ver must remain in Spain, hand over his passport and appear before the court every two days
• The bail was around EUR 150,000
• Ver is currently in contact with his legal team in the US to resolve the complaint against him.

The investor and main figure in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, Roger Ver, was released on bail by a Spanish court, this while he waits for a final resolution regarding his possible extradition to the US following accusations of tax fraud .

See released after paying bail

According to a report published by the news agency Bloomberg, The Spanish court granted Ver’s bail appeal, for which a payment of EUR 150,000 was made. His release from prison took place on May 17, and as a condition of the agreement, the accused must remain in Spain, hand over his passport to the authorities and appear every two days before the corresponding legal authorities.

The decision to release Ver came after a debate between the judge and prosecutors. The latter requested to deny the possibility of granting bail, alleging possible risk of flight, but the court rejected the allegations and allowed the accused to take his trial in freedom while the matter related to possible extradition to the United States is finalized.

As such, US authorities filed charges against Ver and accused him of alleged tax fraud by evading payment of USD $50 million in taxes. All this associated with your holdings Bitcoin and the profits derived from a couple of companies, which allowed him to acquire some 73,000 BTC during the time they were operational.

According to US authorities, Ver had to declare and pay a “departure tax” about the profits that these Bitcoin could have assumed, especially since in 2017 he would have sold part of those holdings and received around USD $240 million from various exchanges.

As a result of these accusations, Ver was arrested in Spain after the complaint filed by the US Department of Justice., under accusations of tax evasion. At the moment, work is being done on the extradition request, the result of which will be defined in the coming days.

Ver’s lawyer, Jaime Campaner, assured that his client is not evading the authorities, and that he remains in contact with US organizations and his legal team in the country.

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