Last night I drove home from Las Vegas and the CSEA’s SuperSeminar (well worth it, as usual; I’ll have more on the seminars later). As you head out of the high desert from Barstow on Interstate 15, you pass a sign that says, “Victorville Federal Correctional Complex.” There’s a chance that our favorite Survivor contestant may soon be taking up residence there (or a Club Fed location near you).
Richard Hatch, who will be a charter member of the Bozo Tax Offender Hall of Fame, was sentenced to 51 months in prison. That was more time than expected. Although Hatch told the court before sentencing, “I believe I’ve been completely truthful and completely forthcoming throughout the entire process,” Judge Ernest Torres didn’t see it that way. “There’s no nice way to say it: Mr. Hatch lied,” Judge Torres remarked. And that led directly to his sentencing.
So, finally, the Richard Hatch story is over. The moral? If you win a prize with 300 million witnesses, you had better declare it on your tax return.
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