Snipes Sentenced

ByKelly Phillips Erb April 24, 2008

Wesley Snipes has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his conviction on tax evasion charges.

I’ll post more information as it becomes available.

Kelly Phillips Erb

Kelly Phillips Erb, known as Taxgirl, is a tax attorney, writer, and speaker who explains tax news, IRS updates, scams, financial crime, and money in plain English.

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Survivor Winner A Big Loser In Court
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IRS Criminal Investigation Department Gets Serious About Tax ID Thefts
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Identity theft related tax fraud is one of the most serious concerns at IRS today. What’s being done about it? I talked to IRS-Criminal Investigations about ongoing efforts to get the bad guys and found out some surprising details about targets, enforcements and the staggering amounts of tax dollars involved.

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3 Comments

Bridget Wright says:

April 24, 2008 at 6:51 pm

NOOOOOO!!!

Say it ain’t so!
Kelly says:

April 24, 2008 at 8:02 pm

Oh Bridget… You’re kidding, right?
Bridget says:

April 24, 2008 at 9:56 pm

Well, kind of. I was just hoping that there would be an alternate way of settling his issues. I don’t think Wesley Snipes is prison material. **wink**wink**

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