Free Wesley Snipes!
Actor Wesley Snipes was indicted Tuesday, accused of bilking $12 million from the government in false refund claims over the years. 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.
Give the poor guy a break. So the government can’t build an extra road or some dumb bridge doesn’t get finished….who cares! How you can prosecute a guy that’s provided so many minutes of entertainment to his tens of fans worldwide?
According to my well-placed sources within the IRS, investigators became suspicious when Snipes tried to write of such things as his “intensity” and “intimidating presence.”
