randal7
09-08-2005, 11:03 PM
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0908051hatch1.html
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Richard Hatch Gets Hammered
"Survivor" winner indicted for tax evasion, fraud, charity swindle
<META content="Richard Hatch Gets Hammered" name=TITLE> SEPTEMBER 8--After rejecting a plea deal earlier this year, original "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch was named today in a 10-count indictment charging him with tax evasion and fraudulently using charitable donations to cover personal expenses. According to the indictment, a copy of which you'll find below, Hatch never bothered to report his 2000-01 haul for winning the initial installment of the CBS reality series--a $1 million check and a $27,000 Pontiac. The 44-year-old Newport, Rhode Island resident also never told the Internal Revenue Service about nearly $400,000 in other income. Included in that six-figure sum was $36,500 in donations to Horizon Bound, a purported charity established by Hatch. Prosecutors allege that Hatch actually used that money for personal expenses. Along with two tax evasion counts, Hatch was charged with filing a false return; mail fraud (four counts); wire fraud (two counts); and bank fraud. He faces a maximum of five years in prison (and a $250,000 fine) on nine of the felony charges, though the bank fraud rap carries a 30-year max and a $1 million fine. Hatch reneged on a January plea agreement (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0118051hatch1.html) calling for him to cop to a pair of felony tax evasion counts. Prosecutors responded by opening a grand jury probe that resulted in Hatch being hit with eight additional felonies. (18 pages)
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Who would have imagined the IRS would notice that a guy that won $1 mil on national TV didn't file a return?
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Richard Hatch Gets Hammered
"Survivor" winner indicted for tax evasion, fraud, charity swindle
<META content="Richard Hatch Gets Hammered" name=TITLE> SEPTEMBER 8--After rejecting a plea deal earlier this year, original "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch was named today in a 10-count indictment charging him with tax evasion and fraudulently using charitable donations to cover personal expenses. According to the indictment, a copy of which you'll find below, Hatch never bothered to report his 2000-01 haul for winning the initial installment of the CBS reality series--a $1 million check and a $27,000 Pontiac. The 44-year-old Newport, Rhode Island resident also never told the Internal Revenue Service about nearly $400,000 in other income. Included in that six-figure sum was $36,500 in donations to Horizon Bound, a purported charity established by Hatch. Prosecutors allege that Hatch actually used that money for personal expenses. Along with two tax evasion counts, Hatch was charged with filing a false return; mail fraud (four counts); wire fraud (two counts); and bank fraud. He faces a maximum of five years in prison (and a $250,000 fine) on nine of the felony charges, though the bank fraud rap carries a 30-year max and a $1 million fine. Hatch reneged on a January plea agreement (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0118051hatch1.html) calling for him to cop to a pair of felony tax evasion counts. Prosecutors responded by opening a grand jury probe that resulted in Hatch being hit with eight additional felonies. (18 pages)
<!--mailing list and search includes-->TUNE IN: Smoking Gun TV (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/tvspecial/tvshowaug2005.html) encore airs Friday at 11:30 PM (E/P) on Court TV
Who would have imagined the IRS would notice that a guy that won $1 mil on national TV didn't file a return?
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