DOJ Tax Division Shows Continued Interest in Cryptocurrency
By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/21
On May 5, 2021, another federal district court, this time for the Northern District of California, permitted the IRS to proceed with a John Doe summons very similar to the one served on Circle last month (the subject of a recent post). This time, the Summons seeks information on customers of a San Francisco-headquartered digital currency exchange company called Payward Ventures Inc. and Subsidiaries, d/b/a Kraken. Just like in the Circle case, the Summons only applies to customers who have...
By: Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes