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[25] [26] Following the acquittal, Snipes faced up to three years in prison, rather than the 16 years the felony charges could have brought. [26] On April 24, 2008, Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison. [27] [28] [29] Wesley Snipes' appeal of the three-year sentence was denied by a federal appeals court on Friday, July 16, 2010. [30]
Snipes reported to federal prison on December 9, 2010, to begin his three-year sentence, [45] and he was held at McKean Federal Correctional Institution, a federal prison in Pennsylvania. [46] [47] [48] On June 6, 2011, the US Supreme Court declined to hear Snipes's appeal, which had challenged the venue for the counts of failure to file returns.
Wesley Snipes has spoken out about the double standard of having to serve a prison sentence for failure to file taxes while Donald Trump has evaded similar accountability and even ascended to the ...
Just weeks after a federal appeals court upheld Wesley Snipes' 2008 three-year sentence on misdemeanor counts of failing to file tax returns, Snipes is again trying to avoid prison. The "Blade ...
The 59-year-old actor also opened up about his 28-month prison stint for willful failure to file federal income tax returns.
Wesley Snipes: 43355-018: Released from custody in 2013; served 2 years. [7] Actor, film producer and martial artist; convicted in 2008 of failing to file tax returns; Snipes was also ordered to pay $17 million in back taxes and IRS penalties. [8] Joseph P. Ganim: 14466-014: Released from custody in 2010; served 7 years. [9]
It appears that Wesley Snipes has finally run out of options. A federal judge turned down Snipes' latest appeal on Friday and ordered the actor to report to prison to serve a three year sentence ...
On February 1, 2008, actor Wesley Snipes was found guilty on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file Federal income tax returns. He was acquitted on one felony count of conspiracy to defraud the government and one felony count of filing a false claim with the government.