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Girls Gone Wild Founder To File Bankruptcy, Blames IRS

18 November 2009

And here I thought my days of reporting on Joe Francis were over…
It turns out that the Girls Gone Wild founder hasn’t quite put his tax woes behind him. After taking a deal to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of filing false tax returns – and escaping additional jail time in the process [...]

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Girls Gone Wild Founder Gets Plea Deal

7 November 2009

“Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis feels he finally got a break when a federal judge okayed a deal that Francis struck with prosecutors. Under the agreement, Francis was credited with 301 days already served and sentenced to one year of probation.
The plea deal was struck after Francis learned that a key witness, Francis’ [...]

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If You Pay Them, They Will Come

2 October 2009

Here’s a crazy thought: if you give people a financial incentive, you can make them do almost anything (trust me, I watch a lot of reality TV).
For the IRS, the financial incentive comes in the form of increased rewards for turning in tax cheats. A new law, which was established by the Tax [...]

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“Girls Gone Wild” Founder Takes Plea

23 September 2009

“Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis has agreed to a plea arrangement that will significantly reduce his outstanding tax liability and keep him out of jail (for a bit – I’m making no promises about what he’ll do next). Francis has agreed to plead guilty to two counts of filing false tax returns and [...]

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Fix the Tax Code Friday: Jail Time for Tax Evaders?

20 February 2009

It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! Since I posted about Marion Barry’s tax woes earlier today, I thought it would be great fodder for Fix the Tax Code Friday. Tax evasion cases have often made news – from Wesley Snipes to Joe Francis to Helio Castroneves – especially when jail time is involved. [...]

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Joe Francis Skips Hearing (*cough*)

3 February 2009

Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis continues to make headlines. Francis did not make a scheduled hearing on yesterday as part of his federal tax evasion case.
Francis reportedly claimed that he was sick (*cough*) but some wonder if there might not be more to the story. Francis was scheduled to appear pro [...]

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“Girls Gone Wild” Founder Eyes New Counsel

28 January 2009

If it feels like every time you turn around, big name law firms are turning associates loose, you can’t blame Joe Francis. The “Girls Gone Wild” founder is doing his best to employ nearly every lawyer on the west coast.
In the last couple of years, Francis has used and wooed a number of renown [...]

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Who Else Wants a Bailout?

8 January 2009

So let’s see. AIG gets a bailout. Banks get a bailout. The Big 3 automakers get a bailout.
Who’s next?
If Larry Flynt and our old friend and alleged tax evader Joe Francis have their way, it would be porn.
Flynt and Francis have penned a (no jokes, please, remember that my mom is reading) [...]

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NBC Didn’t Want Joe Francis On Air

9 September 2008

I reported earlier that a federal judge had approved Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis’ petition to appear on NBC’s The Apprentice while he awaited his trial on tax evasion charges… but that he had decided not to appear on the show after all. It turns out that it wasn’t really his decision to [...]

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“Girls Gone Wild” Founder Gets Judge’s Okay to Star on “Celebrity Apprentice”

5 September 2008

A federal judge has granted Joe Francis’ motion to be allowed to star on Donald Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” while awaiting his trial for tax evasion. There’s just one teensy problem… he’s not going to be on “Celebrity Apprentice.”
Francis’ lawyers had made the request some time ago. Since then, Francis has changed his [...]

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