The Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia in the United States is moving forward on a lawsuit against business intelligence firm MicroStrategy executive chair Michael Saylor related to tax evasion.According to a Feb.
28 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, MicroStrategy said the court had not dismissed a claim against Saylor for failing “to pay personal income taxes, interest and penalties due” following an October 2022 motion from the firm.
However, the court granted a motion dismissing allegations that Saylor — on his own and acting in concert with MicroStrategy — violated the District of Columbia’s False Claims Act.Former D.C.
Attorney General Karl Racine announced a lawsuit against Saylor and MicroStrategy in August 2022, alleging the co-founder “never paid any DC income taxes” and the company “conspired” to assist him in tax evasion.
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