Tax Collector Wants $55 Million From Collapsed Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme MTI  — Li...

Tax Collector Wants $55 Million From Collapsed Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme MTI — Li...

In a fresh twist to the collapsed bitcoin Ponzi scheme Mirror Trading International (MTI) saga, revenue collector South African Revenue Services (SARS) has demanded $55.3 million from the scheme’s liquidators. The revenue collector added that it wants the tax bill settled before the MTI liquidation process is finalized. Liquidators Failing ‘as the Deemed Public Officers’ The South African revenue collector is said to have lodged a claim of approximately $55 million against the now defunct bitcoin Ponzi scheme Mirror Trading International (MTI). The claim....


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