> AFAIK he's not been accused of any crime either.
I imagine the IRS really would like to audit him if he's an American citizen, however.
I imagine the IRS really would like to audit him if he's an American citizen, however.
Keep in mind, the IRS can audit you out of what amounts to mere curiosity. Having your net worth go up by half a billion or whatever is the sort of thing that might raise some flags and cause someone to want to verify that you haven't realized any of those capital gains, gifted any of them to someone else off the record, or some other thing.
On the bright side, Satoshi Nakamoto should be able to afford a good tax attorney. He'd be a bit nutty not to have one already, honestly.