Category Archives: Tax Evasion

Schiff Mentally Ill?

ABC News is reporting that Irwin Schiff, convicted of numerous charges in Las Vegas and facing 43 years in prison and fines of over $3 million for telling clients that there is no such thing as an income tax, is … Continue reading

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Criminal Update

The tax evaders have been busy. First, a woman in Tullahoma, Tennessee successfully embezzled about $500,000. Only one problem: she forgot to pay her federal income tax on her ill-gotten gains. She pled guilty to four counts of tax evasion … Continue reading

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A Few More Brains than Hatch

But it wouldn’t take much for that to be true. Danni Boatwright, the most recent Survivor champion, paid her taxes on the $1 million she won. “I paid them right away,” she told AP Radio. “(CBS) recommends that you pay … Continue reading

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Eight Million Ways to Lie

Lawrence Block wrote a great book, Eight Million Ways to Die. A Milpitas, CA couple could write a sequel: Eight Million Ways to Lie (on Your Tax Return). The couple sold an invention to the predecessor of Lucent Technologies for … Continue reading

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Hatch Loses Immunity Challenge…

…Next Stop: Prison Richard Hatch, the first Survivor winner, was convicted today of failing to report $1,037,000 on his tax return. He was found not guilty of related fraud charges. Mr. Hatch has cemented a place in the Bozo Tax … Continue reading

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Survivor Trial to the Jury

Richard Hatch’s fate now lies with a jury in Providence, RI. Hatch, the former Survivor winner is either a greedy man who didn’t want to pay the taxes he owed or he did the best he could to understand the … Continue reading

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A Prison Scam of a Different Sort

There’s been news of prisoners scamming the IRS by filing phony tax returns. Today we have the opposite happening—a tax professional and a jailer in Texarkana, AR allegedly filing phony returns using Social Security Numbers of prisoners. The two were … Continue reading

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Hatch Trial Continues

The trial of former Survivor winner Richard Hatch on ten counts including tax evasion continues in Providence, RI. Today’s New York Times has an excellent story on the trial, including reactions from some of his fellow contestants. Hatch, who took … Continue reading

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Throwing Out the Trash

Over ten years ago, in the nearby City of Orange, a trash magnate was born. His name was Jeffrey Hambarian, and he was a hometown hero. Mr. Hambarian had an interesting method of operating his business. He told his vendors … Continue reading

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All Rapped Out

After taking a few days off for an annual convention, would I return to an in-basket bereft of the usual tax evaders? Hardly. Joe Kristan of Roth Tax Updates reported on some of the more felonius evaders, including Richard Hatch … Continue reading

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