Roger Ver, the cryptocurrency advocate known as “Bitcoin Jesus,” agreed to pay nearly $50 million to resolve a U.S. tax evasion indictment without having to admit any crime, the Justice Department said Tuesday .

U.S. authorities agreed to dismiss the indictment against Ver, who admitted in a deferred-prosecution agreement that he failed to pay all the taxes that he owed on the sale of Bitcoin in 2016, according to the Justice Department.

Prosecutors had charged Ver with evading more than $48 million in taxes due from profits made by selling $240 million in crypto tokens. He was arrested by Spanish authorities but released on bail on the island of Mallorca. After Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Ver appealed for a pardon, while lobbying for his case on social media . His lawy

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