Tax evasion

‘Dancing with the Stars’ Champion Helio Castroneves Indicted for Tax Evasion

Backseat Cuddler (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sounds like another celebrity has gotten himself into financial trouble with the Feds… This past Thursday, Dancing With The Stars season six champion, and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, Helio Castroneves was indicted in a federal income tax case in Florida. The 33-year-old driver is charged with conspiracy and six counts of tax evasion for purposely failing [...]

It's like nailing Al Capone for tax evasion.

Vidiot Speak (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

But hey, whatever works . The verdict, which was read late Friday after 13 hours of deliberations, came 13 years to the day after Mr. Simpson was acquitted in the highly publicized murders of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson , and her friend, Ronald L. Goldman .

Ex-bank executive charged with fraud and tax evasion

StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

Gerald Payne, CEO and president of First State Bank Minnesota until June 2007, has been charged with allegedly obtaining more than $200,000 in bank funds by using false and fraudulent pretenses.

Ex-bank executive charged with fraud and tax evasion

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

A document was filed in federal court in Minneapolis late last week alleging that Payne took money from the bank accounts of customers, charged personal expenditures on a bank credit card, and retained proceeds from checks written to the bank and other parties.

Russia asks Britain to extradite ex-head of Russneft oil company

Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | yesterday

Russia has sent Britain a request for the extradition of Mikhail Gutseriyev, the former head of the oil company RussNeft, wanted in Russia on charges of tax evasion, investigators said Monday.

18 years jail for tax shelter guru

Sox First (Free subscription) | yesterday

More evidence that the US Government is cracking down on tax evasion. In April, actor Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years jail for tax evasion. As expected, he is appealing that sentence. Then last month, his tax guru Eddie Ray Kahn was pinged for promoting tax fraud schemes. Now Michael Vallone, a peddler of dubious tax shelters has just been sentenced to 223 months in the slammer. Still,...

Indicted Hélio Drives to Victory in Weekend Race

E! Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

Talk about the agony and the ecstasy. Just one day after a teary, chained-up Hélio Castroneves pleaded not guilty to a host of conspiracy and tax-evasion charges in Miami, the...

Russia seeks extradition of former tycoon from UK

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday

Mikhail Gutseriyev, the former president of Russneft, fled the country last year amid what he said was "unprecedented hounding" from the state, including a tax-evasion probe. Analysts linked his troubles to a dispute with the state-run oil giant Rosneft over some oil fields.

Out on bail, Castroneves wins at Le Mans race at Road Atlanta

USA Today (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

Helio Castroneves was back behind the wheel Saturday, a day after the two-time Indy 500 winner pleaded not guilty on tax evasion ...

• Free on bail, Castroneves wins at Road Atlanta - The Washington Times
• Free on bail, Castroneves wins at Road Atlanta - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Things Are Looking Up for Helio

TMZ (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

Filed under: Celebrity Justice , Talk Sports How's this for an up-and-down week?Thursday, Helio Castroneves got indicted on tax evasion charges. Friday, he showed up to court in shackles and plead not guilty while weeping openly. Saturday, he won the American Le Mans Series Petit Le Mans in... Permalink

Justice At Last

Libertyblog (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

They got Capone for tax evasion. Now O.J. has been convicted: Thirteen years to the day after being acquitted of killing his wife and her friend in Los Angeles, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at...

Walker warns delinquents

Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

COMMISSIONER OF Customs Danville Walker warns that his office will launch an all-out attack on persons who try to evade taxes and will have them prosecuted.Walker was speaking on Thursday at the Customs Tariff and Port Users Committee's annual seminar...

Driver Helio Castroneves pleads not guilty in tax case

Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

Race car driver and "Dancing With The Stars" winner Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to federal tax evasion charges and declared outside the courtroom that he would treat the case like a race against the Internal Revenue Service.

Helio Castroneves pleads not guilty

LA Times (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

Castroneves, a race car driver and 'Dancing with the Stars' winner, faces tax charges. Race car driver and " Dancing With the Stars" winner Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to federal tax evasion charges and declared outside the courtroom that he would treat the case like a race against the Internal Revenue Service.

Penske, pals to wait and see

Indy Star (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

Tony Kanaan saw Helio Castroneves moments after his boyhood friend was indicted Thursday in a federal tax evasion case. Kanaan couldn't bring himself to talk to him.