Wesley Snipes Will Spend 3 Years In Prison For Tax Fraud

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:40 PM EDT

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Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison – one year for each count he was convicted on for misdemeanor charges of filing a false tax return.

He was released today but must turn himself in to a federal prison when contacted by the Federal Board of Prisons and told specifically when and where.

A jury found him guilty in February of willfully failing to file taxes for three years, in which the government said he owed $2.7 million.

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Bob Henke

Hello

First of all. the USA has millions, and millions of illegal aliens who are working, and not paying any taxes.
Why isn't this an issue.
The people who hire them, pay little tax for the amount of money they make from the work done by undocumented individuals, why isn't this an issue.
The drivers Lincense issue is nothing less than a joke, undocumented aliens are not only driving, they are operating heavy equiptment.
If they obtain licenses with fictious ID, isn't that illegal.
Why doesn't the government take care of undocumented working individuals, and the companies that hire them as far as tax evasion goes, instead of constantly picking on citizens, who 1. Belong Here , and ARE PAYING TAXES AFTER TAXES on everything they buy in this country.
Mr. Snipes may be wrong to an extent, but paying the tax he owes should be sufficient without any punishment.
Stop people from making a mockery of our government, and laughing in our faces.

Bob H.

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	Snipes gets 3 years, apologizes for `costly mistakes'	Associated Press	Wed Apr 23	0
	Snipes sentenced to three years	BBC News	Thu Apr 24	0

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