IRS Is Targeting Illicit Bitcoin Trading on Telegram

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Secretive Telegram chats are one way to move dirty digital money. And the IRS is now paying close attention, according to special agent Chris Janczewski. The IRS is these days paying much closer attention to crypto crime—and the wider crypto market in general. President Joe Biden's administration last month unveiled a new tax plan that would force businesses that conduct cryptocurrency transfers of $10,000 or more to report these dealings to the IRS.
And last week, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig asked for explicit congressional authority to regulate cryptocurrencies and more closely monitor and collect crypto data. The US Treasury Department said recently that “cryptocurrency already poses a significant detection problem by facilitating illegal activity.”source