A little over a year ago, Bernie Madoff received a 150-year sentence (that’s more than most serial murderers get, folks) for his “extraordinarily evil” fraud.
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Snipes Loses Appeal
Shortly after his conviction on tax evasion charges, Wesley Snipes declared that he would appeal on the grounds that the sentence was unreasonable. Snipes got
Read MoreI Told You So.
So, I don’t say that on the blog very often (though my brothers would likely tell a different story from our years at home). But
Read MoreMethod Man Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion
Rapper Method Man of the Wu-Tang Clan has pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges. The plea follows Method Man’s October arrest on felony charges of
Read MoreFormer Detroit Mayor Indicted On Tax Charges
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was formally indicted yesterday on 19 counts of fraud and tax evasion. A federal grand jury returned the indictment, which
Read MoreGirls Gone Wild Founder In Trouble… Again.
Joe Francis, the in and out of trouble founder of the Girls Gone Wild series, has managed to tick off the Department of Justice yet
Read MoreIRS Reportedly Joins Investigation Into Florida GOP
Ray Sansom is not having a good couple of years. After being elected Speaker of the Florida House in 2008, he was forced to take
Read MorePrisoners Continue To Loot Fed In Tax Refund Scam
When I was in law school, we talked a lot about the purpose of jail… There are a bunch of different philosophies about why jailing
Read MoreJudge Orders Pastors To Live Apart
Remember the Jinwrights? I blogged last year that the popular pastors had been indicted on tax evasion charges. Their trial is now slated to begin
Read MoreFormer Top Cop Sentenced for Tax Fraud
Disgraced former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, once hailed as a hero in New York, was finally sentenced after a lengthy investigation. Surprisingly,
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