Snipes arrested at O Town Airport
(Orlando, Florida) December 8, 2006 US Marshals actor Wesley Snipes turns himself in to the feds.
The indictment handed down October 17, 2006 names Wesley Snipes and 2 other men for tax fraud charges. Snipes has been in Namibia shooting the movie Gallowwalker, but was arrested upon returning home to Florida today.
Wesley Trent Snipes (“Snipes”), formerly of Windermere, Florida, Eddie Ray Kahn (“Kahn”), of Sorrento, Florida, and Douglas P. Rosile (“Rosile”), of Venice, Florida, with conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and presenting a fraudulent claim for payment to the IRS.
Snipes is also charged with six counts of failing to file income tax returns. Each of the conspiracy and false claim charges carry a maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment. Snipes also faces up to one year imprisonment on each charge of failing to file income tax returns.
The indictment alleges that Snipes, Kahn, and Rosile attempted, through dishonest means, to make it appear as if Snipes had no liability for federal income taxes, when, in fact, Snipes had such tax liabilities. As part of the scheme, the defendants allegedly prepared and filed two amended federal income tax returns for Snipes, fraudulently claiming refunds of 1996 and 1997 income taxes previously paid, totaling almost $12 million. The indictment also alleges that Snipes did not file his 1999 through 2004 federal income tax returns, even though the law required him to do so.
Wesley Snipes appeared in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Jones and plead not guilty today and remains free on a 1 million dollar bond. Snipes has appeared in all 3 Blade Runner movies, White men can’t jump, Miami Vice and too other movies to name.
Snipes’ attorneys disputed reports that the actor was trying to elude authorities on the charges, which were handed up in October, by staying in Namibia. They said he had offered to turn himself in to authorities there if the U.S. government wanted, but that prosecutors and defense attorneys negotiated his return to Florida to appear in court today.
Source:
Indictment CASE NO. 5:06-cr-22(S1)-Oc-10GRJ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA OCALA DIVISION
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/12/08/State/Wesley_Snipes_arreste.shtml
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000648/
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December 14th, 2006 at 6:08 pm
One thing that is for sure…we are born, we pay taxes, and we die. The IRS gets their money! Many people have committed crimes and not served a day in jail. The IRS will capture you. Think Al Capone. I do not understand why all these rich people are always trying to get out of paying their taxes. IRS got Willie Nelson too. There is a long list of celebrities who the IRS have caught not paying. There is no place to run and hide from the IRS!!! I thought we had a big tea party many years ago to stop taxation. Maybe we ought to have another tea party by the way my property tax bill keeps getting bigger and BIGGER!!