Perspective
Aug. 13, 2010
Lessons from the Crypt: The Wesley Snipes Tax Convictions
Sentenced to three years in prison, the Wesley Snipes case is an example of what happens to "tax defiers," by Nathan J. Hochman of Bingham McCutchen.
In a summer where vampires have ruled the movie screens, a former vampire has finally met his match. For the last two years, Wesley Snipes, star of the "Blade" vampire trilogy, has been fighting a three-year sentence he received in April 2008 for misdemeanor tax violations. While the Florida federal jury acquitted Snipes of the charged felonies, it convicted him of misdemeanors for willfully failing to file his tax re...
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