Snipes Charged With Federal Tax Fraud
Actor Wesley snipes has been charged with Federal tax fraud which was indicated on tuesday on eight courts which involves 12 million dollar in false refund claim.
Wesley Snipes (44) also failed to fine the tax returns for half dozen years was also indicated at Tampa. Federal procecutors said, Wesley snipes claimed refunds of nearly 12 million US Dollars i 1996 and 1997. This is also charged him with failure to file returns between 2000 to 2004.
According to the indictment, Snipes had his taxes prepared by accountants with a history of filing false returns to reap payments for their clients. As part of the deal, the indictment alleges, the firm, American Rights Litigators, would receive 20 percent of refunds from clients.
Snipes faces a maximum of 16 years in prison. Snipes, who had a home in Windermere, Fla., has not been arrested because authorities don't know where he is, the IRS said.
In 2002, the Justice Department sued a Florida tax preparer who it said filed bogus tax refund claims, including a $7.3 million demand for Snipes.
Snipes was not named as a defendant in that case, but the lawsuit said the preparer's largest claim was an amended income tax return filed on behalf of the actor and dated April 14, 2001. The return requested a $7,360,755 refund for taxes paid in 1997. The return said that Snipes' adjusted gross income was zero, according to the lawsuit.
It said the preparer, Douglas P. Rosile Sr., told clients that only income from foreign sources was subject to taxation. The resolution of that lawsuit could not be immediately determined.
Snipes is the star of the star of the "Blade" trilogy and as well as films such as Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever," and the 1992 blockbuster, "White Men Can't Jump."
In 2005, South Africa refused to admit him after officials said he tried to enter the country with a forged passport.
Some shots of Wesley Snipes
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