According to The Smoking Gun, musician Wyclef Jean was recently hit with $2.5 million in tax liens by the IRS.
Wyclef is one of those shady individuals who hides his dirt behind benevolent-sounding causes, when he actually is a liar and a thief who doesn’t lift a finger for anyone unless there’s something in it for him.
Well, the IRS aren’t fooled by him:
Wyclef Jean, who appears ready to announce his candidacy for Haiti’s presidency, owes the Internal Revenue Service more than $2.1 million, according to federal tax liens filed against the musician, The Smoking Gun has learned.
In May, the IRS filed a $724,332 tax lien against Jean. Last July, the agency filed a $599,167 lien against the performer. And a $792,269 lien was lodged against Jean in July 2007. The liens cover taxes due on Jean’s individual 1040 returns for 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Following the Haitian earthquake, TSG reported on Jean’s questionable handling of the finances of his charitable foundation. Along with filing tax returns years late, Jean used his foundation to pay himself and a business partner more than $410,000 for rent, production services, and Jean’s appearance at a benefit concert.
If Jean wins his bid for the presidency of Haiti, he will be in charge of collecting currency in the form of foreign aid payments from countries like the U.S. He will also have control over the island nation’s limited financial resources.
And there will be no one to stop him from looting the island’s coffers.
