After reading the charges on Roger Ver I don't think this has much to do with Bitcoin itself.

He clearly falsified the value of his two companies on his returns. It doesn't matter what the assets were. He could have had the equivalent in gold bars, real estate, etc. It wouldn't have changed the charges.

This is a chicken shit move by the US Gov though. My question is: What did they know and WHEN did they know it? I don't think they just "discovered" this last week. I think it's market manipulation by the DoJ/US Treasury.