Paradise Papers Reveal Bitfinex’s Devasini and Potter Established Tether Already Back in 2014Bitfinex’s Giancarlo Devasini and Philip Potter has been named in the Paradise Papers – an enormous data leak identifying
over 120,000 companies and individuals who have employed the services of offshore service providers operating in ‘tax havens’.
The leaked documents contain evidence that Giancarlo Devasini and Philip Potter established Tether in the British Virgin Islands already back in 2014.
Bitfinex’s Giancarlo Devasini and Philip Potter have been identified in the recent Paradise Papers leak.
Italian media outlet, Nuova Societa, describes the leak as revealing “specialized companies to carry capital in tax jurisdictions other than their country of origin.”Read the full article at:
https://news.bitcoin.com/paradise-papers-reveal-bitfinexs-devasini-and-potter-established-tether-already-back-in-2014/There are several other interesting facts in the article. E.g. Giancarlo Devasini (still heavily involved in BFX) was selling pirated copies
of Microsoft software products back in the day. Additionally, Potter and Devasini are in nice company in these leaked Paradise Papers
alongside celebrities like Bono or Queen Elizabeth II.