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Bitcoin investor sues IRS for seizing private financial data
A Bitcoin investor in New Hampshire has filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service after he received a letter from the IRS inquiring about his digital currency holdings. The IRS has been cracking down on cryptocurrency holders, receiving the names of approximately 13,000 customers of the Coinbase exchange after issuing John Doe summonses in…
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Lexington business owners among plaintiffs challenging Baker’s COVID-19 orders
The state’s highest court will hear arguments in September in a lawsuit brought against Gov. Charlie Baker challenging his authority to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency and to issue the emergency orders that have shaped life in Massachusetts for the last four months. Justice Barbara Lenk, sitting as part of a single-justice session, ordered…
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Burlington business owner challenging Baker’s COVID-19 orders
Kelli Fallon, owner of Bare Bottom Tanning Salon in Burlington and Susan and Nazareth Kapelian, owners of Naz Kupelian Salon in Lexington, are among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit challening Gov. Charlie Baker’s authority to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency and to issue the emergency orders that have shaped life in Massachusetts for the…
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Bitcoin Investor Sues IRS for Unlawful Seizure of Financial Records at 3 Crypto Exchanges
Bitcoin investor Jim Harper has sued the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), its commissioner, and a number of federal agents. He alleged that they unlawfully seized his private financial information from three cryptocurrency exchanges. Bitcoin investor Jim Harper has filed a lawsuit against IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig, the IRS, and “John Doe IRS Agents…
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N.Y. law firm says CFPB still unconstitutional, cannot ratify past actions
A New York law firm under investigation by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into its debt collection practices has urged a judge to quash the probe as unconstitutional. The Law Offices of Crystal Moroney in Rockland County, represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy group, said in a filing Wednesday in…
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Bitcoin Investor Sues IRS for Unlawful Seizure of Financial Records at 3 Crypto Exchanges
A former Coinbase user who last August received the now-infamous Internal Revenue Service (IRS) crypto letter is suing to block the tax agency from unlawfully seizing private financial records. Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares
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