It's like a person not knowing how much money they have in their own pocket and having to be reminded by someone else, so this defense is simply untenable.
But he couldn't accept just forking over an additional 3 billion either, and immediately retorted, "Director David, more than 15 billion is already not a small number, let's just call it enough. Otherwise, I won't be able to explain to those consortiums backing us, I hope you can understand..."
"That's your problem, not the IRS's!"
Seeing how resolute Director David was, Vikram was stunned, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.
"You from Ethereum should have acted earlier. If you had come forward and addressed your tax issues honestly like Binance when I named you, you wouldn't have to pay extra penalties. So, this subsequent loss is your own responsibility!"
"But Director David..."
"No buts!"