Here's a lesson to everyone to pay your taxes.
All action movie star Wesley Snipes, has been sent to prison in America for three years for 'willfully failing to file a tax return'. According to Metro, prosecutors had requested a three year sentence, which equals one year for each of Snipes' offence. It is stated that Snipes made at least $13.8 million (8.75 million) for the years in question and owed $2.7 million
(1.71 million) in back taxes. The authorities wanted to send a message out to people that NO ONE can get away with NOT paying their taxes.Lawyers offered a myriad of letters supporting Snipes and some of these were from fellow actors. For instance Denzel Washington wrote attesting to Snipe's good character but it didn't do much good did it or did it? Snipes has yet to surrender his freedom and will only have to serve one year of his sentence. Might have something to do with the lack of space in American jails!
http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=144573&in_page_id=7
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