• New here? Register here now for access to all the forums, download game torrents, private messages, polls, Sportsbook, etc. Plus, stay connected and follow BP on Instagram @buckeyeplanet and Facebook.

"Survivor" Richard Hatch Indicted on Tax Evasion

Jump to latest Follow Reply
plum diamonds buckeye planet
Sort by date Sort by votes
LoKyBuckeye

LoKyBuckeye

I give up. This board is too hard to understand.
:lol:

'Survivor' winner indicted
Hatch charged with failing to pay taxes on winnings

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/08/survivor.taxes.ap/index.html

Thursday, September 8, 2005; Posted: 8:13 p.m. EDT (00:13 GMT)

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) -- Richard Hatch, who won $1 million on the first season of the reality show "Survivor," was indicted Thursday for failing to pay taxes on his winnings.

Prosecutors had charged Hatch with two counts of tax evasion in January, and he agreed to plead guilty. But he backed out of the deal in March, saying he thought CBS was responsible for paying the taxes on his prize.

CBS has said Hatch knew he had to pay taxes on the winnings.

The new indictment charges Hatch with 10 counts including tax evasion, filing a false tax return, wire fraud, bank fraud and mail fraud. According to the indictment, his 2000 and 2001 tax returns omitted his income from the reality show, $327,000 he was paid to co-host a radio show and $28,000 in rent on a property he owns in Newport.

Hatch, 44, also was accused of misusing $36,500 from a nonprofit camp he set up, Horizon Bound.

If found guilty on all charges, he could face up to 75 years in prison and millions of dollars in fines.

Hatch was on a plane headed for Houston on Thursday to help hurricane victims at the Astrodome and could not be reached for comment, according to a spokesman for Hatch's attorney, Michael Minns.

Hatch won during the first season of "Survivor" in August 2000. He has since appeared on other TV shows, most recently the "Battle of the Network Reality Stars" on Bravo.

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
 
Let this be a lesson to you all about the dangers of tax evasion. It is much safer to have your CPA complete your returns because he/she knows how to cheat and not get caught. :biggrin:
 
Upvote 0
So how long do you think it will take for him to become someone bitch?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

'Survivor' Winner Sentenced to 51 Months
By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press Writer
47 minutes ago
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Richard Hatch, who won $1 million in the debut season of "Survivor," was sentenced Tuesday to 51 months in prison for failing to pay income taxes on his reality TV prize and other earnings.

Hatch, 45, was convicted in January. The charges carried a maximum of 13 years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Ernest Torres said he issued a harsher than expected sentence because Hatch had committed perjury repeatedly during his trial.
"It seems unfortunately very clear to me that Mr. Hatch lied," Torres said. When Hatch was convicted, Torres said he expected to sentence him to 33 to 41 months.
"I believe I've been completely truthful and completely forthcoming throughout the entire process," Hatch told the judge before he was sentenced.
Hatch claimed he thought the show's producers would pay his taxes and pleaded ignorance about money matters, saying he forgot to tell his accountants about some income.
"Survivor" earned CBS a ratings hit. Hatch became known as "the fat naked guy" — a term coined by David Letterman — for refusing to wear clothes for much of the show.
Hatch sowed seeds of conflict among his competitors, and an estimated 51 million viewers were watching when he received his winning check.
At times, he seemed to handle his criminal case like an extended reality TV competition. He abruptly walked away from a plea deal with prosecutors and pleaded his innocence to Katie Couric on the "Today" show.
Click to expand...
 
Upvote 0
Hatch claimed he thought the show's producers would pay his taxes and pleaded ignorance about money matters, saying he forgot to tell his accountants about some income.
Click to expand...

Right, like my company pays my taxes for me. :roll1:

How can you "forget" to tell your accountants about income?

In prison, his name will reflect to function of his ass: "Dick Hatch". :slappy:
 
Upvote 0
Was this the guy who said he worked out a deal with the producers when he said that he wouldn't leak some information (like some of the contestants were getting food, supplies, etc that they shouldn't get) if they would pay his income taxes on the winnings?

Sounds to me that he still should've paid those taxes.
 
Upvote 0
exhawg said:
'Survivor' Winner Sentenced to 51 Months
Hatch claimed he thought the show's producers would pay his taxes and pleaded ignorance about money matters, saying he forgot to tell his accountants about some income.
Click to expand...
actually this does happen... I know from my experience working for a fortune 100 that you have to be extremely clear about who is paying taxes.. most winners do think their winnings are free and clear... but I also know, when you're dealing with this kind of money... you damn near stamp the understanding on someone's forehead.... if they didn't have him sign that he understood it.. they're idiots... this is especially a dropped ball when you give someone a car or a vacation... when it's goods and not cash, per se...

we had a winner of a corvette that couldn't accept it because of the tax payment.. IRS wanted tax on full retail value.. we ended up paying the taxes for him..

As far as forgetting to tell his accountants... I'm sure winning a million dollars is a very easily forgettable thing... so he's not a liar :paranoid:
 
Upvote 0
NJ-Buckeye said:
actually this does happen... I know from my experience working for a fortune 100 that you have to be extremely clear about who is paying taxes.. most winners do think their winnings are free and clear... but I also know, when you're dealing with this kind of money... you damn near stamp the understanding on someone's forehead.... if they didn't have him sign that he understood it.. they're idiots... this is especially a dropped ball when you give someone a car or a vacation... when it's goods and not cash, per se...

we had a winner of a corvette that couldn't accept it because of the tax payment.. IRS wanted tax on full retail value.. we ended up paying the taxes for him..

As far as forgetting to tell his accountants... I'm sure winning a million dollars is a very easily forgettable thing... so he's not a liar :paranoid:
Click to expand...

Thanks for the explanation...
 
Upvote 0
NJ-Buckeye said:
As far as forgetting to tell his accountants... I'm sure winning a million dollars is a very easily forgettable thing... so he's not a liar :paranoid:
Click to expand...
Well, what's always surprising about tax charges such as this is that the IRS doesn't just kick down your door and haul you away in shackles and thumbcuffs on April 16 if you didn't pay your taxes. As the report stated, this began with his returns in 2000. A person would generally have to receive, ignore, and discard several hundreds of letters from the IRS (thousands of pages worth), many sent certified or otherwise require signature upon delivery, and make no effort to remedy the problem for about five years.
 
Upvote 0
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top