Posts Tagged ‘failing to file tax returns’

Church Sound Man Evaded Income Taxes

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

A Tennessee man, in pleading guilty to tax charges, told the court he owes the federal government more than $300,000.
Charles Grecco, 44, of Franklin, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 6 months in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of failure to pay taxes to the United States.
According to the government, Grecco failed to pay more than $67,000 in federal income taxes for years 2001 and 2002. During the plea
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Wesley Snipes Gets 3 Years in Prison for Not Filing Tax Returns

Friday, April 25th, 2008

The star of over 50 films including the “Blade” vampire trilogy has recently found himself playing a different role—the defendant in the most prominent tax prosecution in decades (since billionaire hotelier Leona Helmsley was convicted of tax fraud in 1989).
Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday for willfully failing to file tax returns. While he had argued for leniency, federal prosecutors sought the maximum penalty possible. In
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