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Wesley Snipes Walks Out Of Prison Just Before Tax Day

5 April 2013

Tweet Wesley Snipes is a free man… mostly. TMZ is reporting that the 50 year old film actor has been released from prison. According to the popular site, Snipes was released on April 2 and transferred to the New York Community Corrections Office. He will be on house arrest thereafter until July 19. If my [...]

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Dolce & Gabbana Fined Millions For Tax Evasion

3 April 2013

Tweet I’m a man, I’m not just a fashion designer. – Stefano Gabbana Now, Gabbana can add “tax evader” to his resume. Both Stefano Gabbana and his partner, Domenico Dolce, together known as the fashion duo Dolce & Gabbana, were fined in connection with charges of tax evasion this week by a Milan tax court. [...]

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Arrest of Dancing Mascot Puts Liberty Tax Wavers In The Spotlight

14 March 2013

Tweet And you thought you were having a tough tax season… Channing Gould, age 19, was arrested this week after he was shooed off of a corner at North Tarrant Parkway and Park Vista Boulevard in Fort Worth, Texas. Gould was accused of disrupting traffic, a charge he disputes. Gould says he was simply doing [...]

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Former Detroit Mayor Found Guilty On Multiple Counts, Including Tax Charges

11 March 2013

Tweet Guilty. It’s a word that former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick heard 24 times today. A former political star, Kilpatrick became the the youngest person elected to mayor of Detroit in 2001; he was 31 years old at the time. Detroit residents had high hopes for the new mayor. The city, which had seen its [...]

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Former NFL Star Pleads Guilty In Tax Fraud Case

8 March 2013

Tweet Former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Freddie Mitchell never got that Super Bowl ring he wanted, despite making an appearance in Super Bowl XXXIX, but he did land in some super trouble. Today, Mitchell pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to charges related to tax fraud. Mitchell was scheduled to go to trial on the [...]

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Jacksons Plead Guilty To Fraud and Tax Charges Related to Campaign Funds

20 February 2013

Tweet One couple, two pleas. In a day that had many on the Hill glued to their seats, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, former Chicago Alderman Sandra Stevens Jackson, both pleaded guilty to federal charges related to campaign fund abuse. At the start of the day, Jackson Jr. told U.S. District [...]

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IRS Makes Arrests, Targets Businesses In Massive Identity Theft Crackdown

7 February 2013

Today, the IRS announced the results of an “aggressive enforcement effort” targeting refund fraud caused by identity theft.

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Taxpayer Alleges IRS Agent Offered Sex In Exchange For Lower Tax Penalties On Audit

6 February 2013

Tweet Talk about some serious negotiations. A 40 year old man out of Fall Creek, [entity display="Oregon" type="place" active="true" key="or" natural_id="places/39"]Oregon[/entity], has filed a federal law suit against the IRS, alleging that she used her, um, position to sexually harass and intimidate him. The man, Vincent Burroughs, filed the lawsuit on January 25, 2013, against [...]

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Baldwin Arrested On Tax Evasion Charges, Pleads Not Guilty

7 December 2012

Tweet Actor Stephen Baldwin was arrested this week in New York City on charges of failing to pay personal income tax to the State of New York for 2008, 2009 and 2010. The amount at issue is reportedly $350,000, inclusive of penalties and interest. If convicted, Baldwin could face up to four years in prison. [...]

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McAfee On The Run: Murder and Mayhem (But Few Taxes) In Belize

14 November 2012

Tweet You’ve probably used software pioneered by John McAfee in your lifetime. The 67 year-old tech guru founded McAfee, Inc., the self-described “world’s largest dedicated security technology company.” The company is most often associated with its virus removal services and products – what you and I buy to keep our computers clean. It’s a multibillion [...]

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