A judge has sentenced actor Wesley Snipes to 3 years in a federal penitentiary for tax evasion.
The feds don’t play when it comes to cheating Uncle Sam out of his loot! They don’t care who you are, the main goal is to send out a loud and clear message. Never mind that the biggest tax cheats work for the federal government:
Nathan J. Hochman, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, said, “Snipes’ long prison sentence should send a loud and crystal clear message to all tax defiers that if they engage in similar tax defier conduct, they face joining him and his co-defendants … as inmates in prison.”
Snipes was convicted in February on three misdemeanor charges for not filing his taxes. The government claimed he owed $2.7 mil — but Snipes’ attorneys argued it was just $228,000. No fine was imposed, but the three-year sentence was the max he could have gotten.
Snipes didn’t have to turn himself in immediately. The judge ruled he could surrender at a later date. Maybe the judge forgot about the time Snipes fled to Africa last year to avoid capture by the feds. (Source)
Thanks to loyal reader Ludgie for the tip!
