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Former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi gets 4 years for tax evasion

Silvio Berlusconi

A court in Milan Friday convicted former Premier Silvio Berlusconi of tax fraud and sentenced the media mogul to four years in prison, his first prison sentence in years of criminal probes. The 76-year-old billionaire businessman -- who just two days ago said he would not run in Italy's spring election -- is expected to remain free until the appeals process is exhausted. In Italy, cases must pass two levels of appeal before verdicts are final.

 

Wesley Snipes Asks To Delay Jail For Holidays With Kids

Wesley Snipes Asks To Delay Jail For Holidays With Kids

Actor Wesley Snipes is asking the federal judge who ordered him to report to prison by Dec. 9th, to let him put off the start of his three year sentence on tax charges until Jan. 6th. In an “Emergency Motion To Stay Self Surrender” filed Friday, Snipes argues that as the father of four children, aged 4 to 9, he shouldn’t be forced to turn himself in “in the middle of the holiday season.”

 

Snipes ordered to Pa. prison for tax evasion

Actor Wesley Snipes was ordered Wednesday to voluntarily surrender at a federal prison in Pennsylvania next week to start his three-year sentence for failing to pay taxes.

 

Wesley Snipes asks for bail extension to appeal

Wesley Snipes asks for bail extension to appeal

Attorneys for Wesley Snipes are asking a judge to extend the actor's bail as he prepares for a possible appeal of his three-year prison sentence for a tax conviction.

 

Wesley Snipes ordered to prison for tax conviction

Wesley Snipes ordered to prison for tax conviction

Wesley Snipes was ordered on Friday to start serving a three-year prison sentence for a felony tax conviction after a Florida judge rejected his bid for a new trial.

 

Court upholds Wesley Snipes' sentence

Court upholds Wesley Snipes' sentence

A federal appeals court has denied actor Wesley Snipes' claim that his three-year prison sentence for tax evasion was "unreasonable."

Senh: How is it that Wesley Snipes is getting jail time and Nicolas Cage is not. Both were being investigated by the IRS for tax evasion, and both are million dollar checks to the courts to pay off their owed taxes.

 

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