BLADE, aka Wesley Snipes, is INVINCIBLE!!!

[posterboy]

even the BLADE can't escape the IRS....

http://www.forbes.com/business/services/feeds/ap/2006/10/17/ap3097755.html

Movie actor Wesley Snipes was indicted Tuesday on eight counts of tax fraud accusing him of bilking $12 million from the government in false refund claims.

Snipes, 44, also failed to file tax returns for six years, according to an indictment unsealed in Tampa, Fla.

Federal prosecutors said Snipes fraudulently claimed the refunds in 1996 and 1997. It also charged him with failure to file returns between 1999 and 2004.

According to the indictment, Snipes had his taxes prepared by accountants with a history of filing false returns to reap payments for their clients. As part of the deal, the indictment alleges, the firm, American Rights Litigators, would receive 20 percent of refunds from clients.

Snipes faces a maximum of 16 years in prison.

 

[rudder]

Instead of Passenger 57 he will be now known as prisoner 000057.

 

[posterboy]

instead of BLADE, he'll now be known as "DELAYED"

 

[Jeeebus]

Fools. The federal prison in Tampa is obviously being run by vampire hybrids. This is his 'in.'

 

[E equals MC2]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus
Fools. The federal prison in Tampa is obviously being run by vampire hybrids. This is his 'in.'

bhahahha.

 

[posterboy]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus
Fools. The federal prison in Tampa is obviously being run by vampire hybrids. This is his 'in.'

HAHAHAHAHA rofl.

 

[Mermaidman]

Alway bet on BLACK! Oh wait . . .

 

[Queasy]

I don't understand how you can have that much money and fail to file tax returns. Don't you have a lawyer/accountant that handles that stuff for you? Unless of course that lawyer/accountant wasn't doing his job...

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: Queasy
I don't understand how you can have that much money and fail to file tax returns. Don't you have a lawyer/accountant that handles that stuff for you? Unless of course that lawyer/accountant wasn't doing his job...

The accountant was in on the scam.

It is possible that Snipes was unaware of this if he blindly entrusted his finances to his handlers.

 

[posterboy]

Originally posted by: Queasy
I don't understand how you can have that much money and fail to file tax returns. Don't you have a lawyer/accountant that handles that stuff for you? Unless of course that lawyer/accountant wasn't doing his job...

According to a news release, "The indictment alleges that Snipes, Kahn, and Rosile attempted, through dishonest means, to make it appear as if Snipes had no liability for federal income taxes, when, in fact, Snipes had such tax liabilities. As part of the scheme, the defendants allegedly prepared and filed two amended federal income tax returns for Snipes, fraudulently claiming refunds of 1996 and 1997 income taxes previously paid, totaling almost $12 million. The indictment also alleges that Snipes did not file his 1999 through 2004 federal income tax returns, even though the law required him to do so."

This is not Snipes first trouble over taxes.

 

[Lorax]

Originally posted by: Queasy
I don't understand how you can have that much money and fail to file tax returns. Don't you have a lawyer/accountant that handles that stuff for you? Unless of course that lawyer/accountant wasn't doing his job...

reminds me of the first winner of Survivor. i think he's in jail now.

 

[crystal]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman

Originally posted by: Queasy
I don't understand how you can have that much money and fail to file tax returns. Don't you have a lawyer/accountant that handles that stuff for you? Unless of course that lawyer/accountant wasn't doing his job...

The accountant was in on the scam.

It is possible that Snipes was unaware of this if he blindly entrusted his finances to his handlers.

20% on the refund? and he doesn't know about it. Doubtful.

 

[vi edit]

I'm guessing an actor worth millions doesn't file a 1040-EZ each year.

 

[Fern]

Dumb@ss

Waiting for the race card to be played.........

 

[Dean]

He better call Woody so they can rob another Money Train.

 

[j00fek]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
I'm guessing an actor worth millions doesn't file a 1040-EZ each year.

:laugh:

 

[isasir]

Better break out the Noxeema Jackson outfits.

 

[jpeyton]

If I was Wes, I'd be on a one-way trip out of the country right now.

 

[anxi80]

kind of a long shot.. but im hoping that the courts make him repay the money, and to do so he accepts joe rogan's challenge to fight in the octagon.

 

[allisolm]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
If I was Wes, I'd be on a one-way trip out of the country right now.

Well... the Cnn article says "Snipes, who had a home in Windermere, Florida, has not been arrested because authorities don't know where he is." Hmmm...

 

[amish]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
If I was Wes, I'd be on a one-way trip out of the country right now.

as the IRS puts a lien and levy on all assets in the US? i don't think that will work out well for him unless he starts working in bollywood to make money.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman

Originally posted by: Queasy
I don't understand how you can have that much money and fail to file tax returns. Don't you have a lawyer/accountant that handles that stuff for you? Unless of course that lawyer/accountant wasn't doing his job...

The accountant was in on the scam.

It is possible that Snipes was unaware of this if he blindly entrusted his finances to his handlers.

See also: Willie Nelson

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: amish

Originally posted by: jpeyton
If I was Wes, I'd be on a one-way trip out of the country right now.

as the IRS puts a lien and levy on all assets in the US? i don't think that will work out well for him unless he starts working in bollywood to make money.

It doesn't take much to live very comfortably outside the US. If I earned millions in the movie business, the first thing I'd do is tuck some of it away in Swiss/Cayman banks.

If I was Wes, I'd be less concerned with paying back taxes and more concerned with jail time.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: isasir
Better break out the Noxeema Jackson outfits.

:laugh:

 

[Dean]

Originally posted by: allisolm

Originally posted by: jpeyton
If I was Wes, I'd be on a one-way trip out of the country right now.

Well... the Cnn article says "Snipes, who had a home in Windermere, Florida, has not been arrested because authorities don't know where he is." Hmmm...

I know where he is Text