Man sentenced to year and day in jail for setting up illegal movie sites.
Cryptocurrency also seized and forfeited.
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Man sentenced to year and day in jail for setting up illegal movie sites.
Cryptocurrency also seized and forfeited.
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Sounds like the issue wasn't that he was streaming movies, but that he obviously wasn't paying the right amount of tax.
The taxman never misses...
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Yea it said he was evading taxes...and I think the government would definitely not ignore it.
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Hahaha yup, typical. Do whatever no one particularly cares. Don't pay tax get rekt
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It always get back to taxes. The taxing authorities always have to get their nut (although they should get deez instead).
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First I do not condone a person bypassing all those laws and then living the high life off of ill begotten funds. All those people working in the movie industry rely on the sales of movie rights for a living. From the camera operators, lighting, costume, makeup, caterer personnel just to name a few.
The majority of the persons that were paying White for the website access probably had no clue it was illegibly obtained thus believing a portion of the funds would get to the hands of the performers and actual workers that produced the media.
All in all, he got what he deserved. Crypto currencies do not deserve to be used as a way to do illegal actions, it just hurts crypto currencies as an industry and may cause governments to try and regulate it to a higher degree.
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It could have also been done with fiat too. I know it'll just build up more case to regulate crypto with stories like this.
He got what he deserves tho
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I wonder if they will target all the other illegal movie sites.
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Don't pay taxes. Go to jail!
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Talon White – The person arrested for tax evasion and copyright infringement
Looks like he was a poker player too.
Guess he needed stake for a poker game and pirating videos was a good cash cow.
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