Wesley Snipes Gets Time For Tax Evasion
Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday for tax evasion.
He was not forced to surrender immmediately, but must surrender at a later date closer to his New Jersey home.
The actor was given the maximum sentence possible after prosecutors called him a “truly notorious offender.”
“Snipes’ long prison sentence should send a loud and crystal clear message to all tax defiers that is they engage in similar tax defier conduct, they face joining him and his co-defendants … as inmates in prison,” said Nathan J. Hochman, Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Justice Department’s Tax Divison.
Snipes was convicted in February on three charges for not filing his taxes. According to reports, Snipes dodged $15 million in tax by hiding millions offshore and falsely applied for tax refunds.
Snipes has starred in Blade, White Men Can’t Jump, and Demolition Man.
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