Roger Ver to Pay $48 Million in Tentative Settlement Deal With DOJ: Report

Roger Ver agreed to pay $48 million to settle tax fraud allegations with the DOJ, potentially ending a decade-long dispute tied to his early Bitcoin holdings.

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Posted October 10, 2025 at 9:54 am EST.

Roger Ver, known to some as “Bitcoin Jesus” for his early Bitcoin advocacy, has reached a tentative deferred-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve a criminal tax fraud case.

The New York Times reported that Ver agreed to pay around $48 million in restitution for alleged tax evasion linked to his digital currency holdings.

Under the terms of the deal, which still requires court approval, the DOJ would drop charges against him if he complies with the agreement.

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Ver was accused of failing to pay taxes on roughly $240 million in Bitcoin gains from 2014 to 2017, including allegedly undervaluing his Bitcoin portfolio and companies before renouncing his U.S. citizenship in 2014.

“I was born an American. I am an American. And I will die as an American,” said Ver in a video posted to X in January, appealing to President Donald Trump to “end the lawfare” against him so he can help “make America great again.”