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A federal court in New Hampshire dismissed a man’s civil rights suit against the IRS, in which he alleges the government violated his rights by obtaining records of his financial transactions from third parties. The case stems from the agency’s summons of financial records from certain digital currency exchanges.

/ March 23, 2021
FILE - This April 3, 2013 file photo shows bitcoin tokens in Sandy, Utah. The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo is headed for liquidation after a court rejected its bankruptcy protection application. Mt. Gox said Wednesday, April 16, 2014, the Tokyo District Court decided the company, which was a trading platform and storehouse for the bitcoin virtual currency, would not be able to resurrect itself under a business rehabilitation process filed for in February. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

CONCORD, N.H. — A federal court in New Hampshire dismissed a man’s civil rights suit against the IRS, in which he alleges the government violated his rights by obtaining records of his financial transactions from third parties. The case stems from the agency’s summons of financial records from certain digital currency exchanges. 

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