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Wesley Snipes Gets Three Years in Prison

April 24th, 2008 • NewsToob • 3 comments • Filed Under

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Action star Wesley Snipes just got the smack-down! He was sentenced to the maximum three-year sentence for not filing tax returns. Prosecutors had requested the sentence, one year for each of Snipes’s convictions, saying the star of “Blade 3″ and “Demolition Man” had “engaged a campaign of criminal tax conduct, combining outright defiance with insidious concealment”, telling the US District Court in Florida he failed to pay at least $2.7 million in taxes.

Wesley Snipes Tax Evasion Case Continues

April 16th, 2008 • NewsToob • 0 comments • Filed Under

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In February, Wesley Snipes was found guilty of tax evasion, but he sort of weaseled out of it. At that time, Wesley was cleared of federal tax-fraud and conspiracy charges — but found guilty of three misdemeanor counts of failing to file a tax return. But it’s not over!

With a flare for the dramatics, federal prosecutors chose April 15 (Tax Day) to push forward in their seemingly never-ending case. This time, it looks like he could be headed off to jail!



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