Dr. Charles Evans: ‘My Expert Witness Fee in a Criminal Case Was Paid in Bitcoin

Cointelegraph spoke with Dr. Charles Evans – the first expert witness in a criminal case to be paid with bitcoin. In the interview with CoinTelegraph, Evans discusses his non-profit Conscious Entrepreneurship Foundation, pictures the chain of colorful but unhappy events that put a Bitcoin activist, Michel Espinoza behind the bars, and talks about his position with the court of law. Dr. Evans also explains why Bitcoin today should be taken more seriously as ever.
Dr. Charles Evans is Associate Professor of Economics and Finance at Barry University in Miami, Florida, and Founding Director of Conscious Entrepreneurship Foundation – has been involved with virtual currencies for almost two decades.
First, from an academic and activist perspective following the release of Digicash’s eCash in 1995, and later working within some of the gold-backed ‘e-currencies’ that followed during the Dot-Com Bubble. After the 9/11 Attacks and the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act in 2001, investor interest in this industry essentially fell off the face of the earth, and he returned to academia to teach Economics and Finance.
‘[I am] the first expert witness in a criminal case to be paid with Bitcoin.’
– Dr. Charles Evans

This post was published at Coin Telegraph on 2015-04-22.