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2 hours ago OCALA, Fla. (AP) Action star Wesley Snipes was found not guilty of federal tax-fraud and conspiracy charges Friday, but was convicted on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file a tax return. Snipes had faced up to 16 years in prison if convicted on all charges, but can now only get up to three years. The "Blade" star and two co-defendants had been indicted in 2006 after Snipes ...
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Wesley Snipes Convicted in Tax Case
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... Wesley Snipes was lucky though as he was acquitted of the most serious charges that could have gotten him 16 years of Jungle Fever behind concrete walls and razor wire. But, there is that matter of that little check he has to write. Just make it out to Wham Bam Thank You Uncle Sam. ...
Wesley Snipes acquitted on Tax Fraud charges
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Snipes’ lawyers argued that he was a victim of crooked advisers, and the jury seemed to believe it. His two co-defendants Eddie Ray Kahn, the founder of a tax protest group, and Douglas P. Rosile, an accountant who lost his licenses, were not so lucky and were convicted by the same jury of the more serious charges of tax fraud and conspiracy. Both face up to 10 years in prison.
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