Posted on 04/04/2006 10:34:37 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Nationally known anti-tax crusader George Henry "Nick" Jesson will serve 27 months in prison for tax fraud, a judge has ruled.
U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson on Monday also ordered Jesson, 55, to pay $215,454 in restitution to the federal government. The Fountain Valley resident, who ran for California governor in 2002, was taken into custody after his sentencing.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Brown said she believes the sentence was "wholly appropriate" and would deter others from considering anti-tax protests.
Jesson's wife, Trina Thi Vu, declined to comment after the sentencing, as did her attorney, citing pending state tax charges against the couple. Jesson's attorney, Robert Barnes of Malibu, could not be reached for comment.
Jesson pleaded guilty last June to filing a false federal tax form in May 2000. He had stated that his Huntington Beach company, No Time Delay Electronics, paid no wages in 1997 when he actually paid wages of $177,083 that year to himself and $273,236 to his wife. He also admitted to falsely obtaining a business tax refund of $215,454.
Jesson and his wife face trial in state court on six felony counts of failing to pay taxes on $3 million in income from 1997 to 1999. Jesson could get nine more years in prison and his wife a seven-year sentence if they're convicted of all counts.
Jesson ran for governor on an anti-tax platform and finished fourth of seven candidates in the 2002 Republican primary.
He was involved with an organization called "We the People for Constitutional Education," which contended that paying taxes is not required in the United States. He dared tax agents to try to collect from him and described raids on his home and business as "terrorist attacks."
Last month, he didn't show up for his scheduled sentencing on federal tax fraud charges. He was taken into custody after his wife told federal marshals he had left the house that morning despondent and possibly with a weapon.
Don't try this at home, folks.
End the madness...pass the FairTax!
Well, thank God he didn't rape young boys for a decade.
He would have walked.
Let's see.....you can come to this country illegally and you have a "right" to protest and a right to demand full rights of citizenship. If you are a citizen though, you can be jailed for protesting our "voluntary" tax system.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Brown said she believes the sentence was "wholly appropriate" and would deter others from considering anti-tax protests.
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So...if I read this correctly, simply considering a protest against tax laws can get you 27 months in the slam???? |
Then Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Brown is an authoritarian idiot who should be removed from her position of public trust. Conducting anti-tax protests is absolutely protected by the US Constitution. But she has inadvertently revealed the ugly truth behind the actions of the government, namely that it is their stated intent to suppress the rights of citizens to conduct anti-tax protests through the chilling effect of such prosecutions. If this guy committed fraud, then prosecute the fraud. Don't prosecute the non-crime of protesting taxes.
More anti-tax nuts here:
http://www.quatloos.com/taxscams/cm-taxpr.htm
I'm pinging this article, since Rush discussed the concept of a tax revolt several weeks ago.
He refused to pay taxes. That is illegal. He broke the law. Off to jail with him.
A protester can protest all he wants as long as the law isn't broken.
You clearly agree with the sentiments that I expressed.
The FairTax would work well in getting illegal immigrants to keep some of the money they make here in the US. They would pay a consumption tax, plus, since they are illegal/unregistered, would not get the monthly "prebate" that citizens would get which covers basic necessities.
Yep!
I don't think so. He admitted tax fraud.
The crime he was convicted of, according to the article, involved much more than just "protesting" taxes: "Jesson pleaded guilty last June to filing a false federal tax form in May 2000. He had stated that his Huntington Beach company, No Time Delay Electronics, paid no wages in 1997 when he actually paid wages of $177,083 that year to himself and $273,236 to his wife. He also admitted to falsely obtaining a business tax refund of $215,454."
Man this guy is a kook. He ran for governor in 2002 and got to be on the stage for a couple of Republican debates. What a nut.
How many illegal aliens do the same thing and know one cares?
Did he post on FR?
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