PANews reported on April 13 that according to Cointelegraph, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania disclosed that NFT trader Waylon Wilcox pleaded guilty to two charges of filing false personal income tax returns. The trader sold 62 CryptoPunk NFTs in 2021, earning approximately $7.4 million in profits, and then sold another 35 CryptoPunk NFTs in 2022, making a profit of $4.9 million. However, Waylon Wilco submitted a false personal income tax return for the 2021 tax year in April 2022, underreporting approximately $8.5 million in income tax and approximately $2.1 million in taxes payable; and submitted a false personal income tax return for the 2022 fiscal year in October 2023, underreporting approximately $4.6 million in income tax and nearly $1.1 million in taxes payable. Under federal law, the maximum penalty for these crimes is a total of six years in prison, followed by a period of supervised release and a fine.
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