Canada’s Tax Authority Asks Court to Force Crypto Exchange to Hand Over Data ...
Canada’s tax authority is reportedly asking a federal court to force cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare to hand over information and certain documents on all of its users since the beginning of 2013. The Canadian crypto exchange has over 200,000 users. Canada Revenue Agency Wants Data on All Coinsquare Users The Canadian tax authority has asked a federal judge to force Coinsquare “to hand over information and certain documents about all its clients” since the beginning of 2013, the National Post reported on Friday, elaborating: The Canada Revenue Agency wants to know the....
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Swedish bitcoin exchange BTCX, has been requested by the local Tax Authority to disclose transaction history of the company's 20,000 customers. The exchange is taking the Swedish Tax Authority to court, arguing that by doing so, all its clients' identities would be disclosed. The tax agency has requested BTCX to disclose information about customers' buying and selling of bitcoins, partly to get information about how many bitcoins are bought and sold, reported local media outlet DN.se. But according to BTCX, the request also means that the exchange will have to disclose the "unique code,"....
The second of two former U. S. government agents charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in bitcoin has reached a plea agreement with the prosecutors. Carl Force, a former U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, was charged with stealing bitcoins during the investigation of the illegal Silk Road Internet drug emporium, according to Bloomberg. The investigation led to the conviction of Ross Ulbricht, the site's founder. Force agreed to plead guilty to money laundering and extortion, according to a court filing Monday. Force Extorted Payments from Ulbricht. Without....
Carl Force, a 46 year old member of Baltimore’s Silk Road task force and former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent who plead for for an agreement with prosecutors back in June is set to be sentenced on October 19, at the US District Court for the Northern District of California. A few months ago, Force was accused of abusing his DEA powers to illegally seize funds in a bitcoin exchange called CoinMKT and transferring bitcoins seized from the Silk Road investigation to his personal bitcoin and bank accounts in China. For a few weeks during the covert investigation, Force provided....