Snipes gets maximum sentence in tax case

OCALA, Fla., April 24 (UPI) — Despite pleas from a cavalcade of Hollywood stars, Wesley Snipes received the maximum penalty for tax fraud in a Florida court Thursday, officials said.

Snipes was sentenced by a U.S. District judge in Ocala, Fla., to three years in prison and faces fines of up to $5 million for federal tax evasion, the U.S. Department of Justice reported.

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April 25, 2008 | Filed Under tax evasion