U.Today - Jan3 boss Samson Mow has taken to X to comment on the arrest of Roger Ver – Bitcoin's “original gangster” who switched to supporting BTC hardfork Bitcoin Cash in 2017.
Roger Ver arrested in Spain
Ver was taken into custody over the charge of causing a loss to the Internal Revenue Service of $48 million, minimum. In 2017, Ver sold a whopping $240 million worth of Bitcoin from his companies and paid no tax on those BTC sales.
Samson Mow, who has been a major opponent of Ver on the issue of Bitcoin, has been criticizing him heavily recently. It happened when Ver released a new book called “Hijacking Bitcoin: The Hidden History of BTC” which he co-authored with Steve Patterson.
Mow is not gloating over Ver's arrest
Back then, Mow tweeted that he would prefer it if Roger Ver did not resume his Bitcoin support and give up Bitcoin Cash.
However, upon hearing the news that Ver had been arrested, Mow published a tweet, saying that he does not like Roger Ver; however, neither does he celebrate the situation the former “Bitcoin Jesus” has got himself into: “I have no love for Roger Ver, but I won’t celebrate his misfortune.”
Ver is now awaiting extradition to the U.S.
Roger Ver in similar situation as John McAfee
McAfee committed suicide in Spanish prison in June 2021. Many found the suicide story unlikely, and it has raised a lot of controversy, especially for McAfee’s spouse.
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