Celeb Tax Cheats

Celeb Tax Cheats

Tax Troubles of the Rich and Famous

Wesley Snipes

Money owed: $17 million

Prison sentence: 3 years

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On December 9, 2010, Wesley Snipes, the actor best known as the vampire in Blade, reported to the McKean Federal Correctional Institution to serve three years for the failure to file federal taxes for three years. Convicted in 2008, Snipes also owed the government 17 million dollars in back taxes. Even now, Snipes charges he was targeted by the IRS for his celebrity and given a disproportionately long sentence compared to similar convictions.

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