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Ja Rule Is So Ungangster – Jail for Tax Evasion

Posted by andPOP Staff on July 22nd, 2011

This is just further evidence of how Ja Rule is such a poser, and is the most ungangster guy. There’s one thing about going to jail for murder (not that we condone that) or dealing drugs – but tax evasion?

Ja Rule got tacked on another 28 months in prison for tax evasion for failing to file tax returns with the IRS for more than $1.1 million in taxes. Ja Rule’s lawyer told MTV News, ”We were all very concerned about what the potentials were, and we think that the outcome was very fair and that the court took him into account as an individual, and we appreciate that tremendously,” she said.

Ja Rule is already serving time for attempted gun possession stemming from a 2007 arrest. This guy is getting what he deserved. Don’t screw around with guns and pay your taxes.

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Wesley Snipes will finally be behind Bars

Posted by Lauren Treihaft on December 2nd, 2010

The vampire slaying Wesley Snipes is set to be incarcerated by next week. As reported by TMZ.com, the Feds have finally set a deadline for the actor to check into a Pennsylvania prison. He is set to begin his three-year prison sentence for tax evasion on December 9th.

Snipes only has a week left before he is donning that lovely orange jumpsuit. Wonder what he will do with a week’s worth of “free time” on his hands?

The actor, who has tried to appeal his sentence multiple times, apparently received a lofty warning from the U.S. Marshals Service. They are threatening him with additional criminal charges if he fails to appear at the designated place and time on December 9th.

I guess the actor is no longer “Unstoppable”.  Maybe some time behind bars will be good for Snipes. He’ll have a lot of time to think about his wrongdoings. Yes Snipes, tax evasion is wrong.

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Wesley Snipes is Going to Prison… Finally

Posted by Jacob Morris on November 19th, 2010

Wesley Snipes was found guilty in federal court on tax evasion charges in 2008 and has since been appealing the conviction.  He was sentenced to 3 years in prison, but up until now he hasn’t served one day.

For over two years Snipes had been trying to stay out of the slammer, but the actor was taken into custody earlier today after a judge ordered Snipes to quit playing games and do his time.

TMZ confirmed the news with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Snipes is said to be “in transit” to a federal prison—where he will start his 3 year sentence.

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Prosecutors Want Wesley Snipes In Jail Now!

Posted by andPOP Staff on July 22nd, 2010

The United States government wants Wesley Snipes put in jail immediately for tax evasion, reports TMZ.

Wesley was convicted for tax evasion in May 2008 for evading $12,000,000 in taxes. Florida prosecutors are tired of waiting around, and now want Snipes to begin his jail sentence. They’re asking the judge to “immediately revoke Wesley Trent Snipes’s bail and order him to surrender.

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Wesley Snipes Faces Three Years Behind Bars

Posted by Joelle Tomlinson on November 21st, 2009

Wesley SnipesIt turns out Wesley Snipe’s bad boy TV persona transfers over to the real world as well.

The actor is facing up to three years in prison as a result for avoiding taxes for five years. According to E! online, the attorneys for the star have filed an appeal against the incarceration time, claiming that the sentence is “unreasonable.” They are also arguing that the tax-evasion trial, which took place in Florida in February (finding Snipes guilty on three charges), should have taken place in New York.

Apparently, Snipes, who made an estimated $13.8 million over the past three years, owes the IRS millions of dollars. Peter Goldberger, Snipes’ attorney, said “The right to a correct venue is part and parcel to the right to a jury trial” (eonline.com). Snipe himself did not show up for the hearings, but is roaming around after paying for his $1 million bond after appealing the sentence.

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Method Man Booked for Four-Year Tax Evasion

Posted by Emma Renda on October 5th, 2009

Method ManMethod Man, a member of the notoriously gangster rap group Wu-Tang Clan, was arrested for a notoriously un-gangster felony: not filing his taxes.

Clifford “Method Man” Smith turned himself in to Staten Island police today on charges of failing to pay four years worth of income taxes, amounting to $32, 799. There is a hearing scheduled for this afternoon and if he does end up being convicted, he could face up to four years in jail.

This is Meth’s second brush with American taxes – his n Navigator was repossessed in 2008 by the Department of Taxation.

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Wesley Snipes Gets Time For Tax Evasion

Posted by andPOP Staff on April 25th, 2008

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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