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'Survivor' winner Hatch moves to federal lockup
Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) ^
| 7/24/06
| AP New Story
Posted on 07/24/2006 11:59:58 AM PDT by MplsSteve
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The first "Survivor'' has packed his bags and moved to a federal prison in Oklahoma.
Richard Hatch is serving a 51-month sentence for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won in the first season of the CBS reality series.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clothingoptional; jail; rearhatch; richardhatch; survivor; taxevasion
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Interesting. It kinda sounds to me like Hatch tried to avoid paying taxes...period!
Why else would a person be sentenced to jail, right? Let's say he made an honest mistake and neglected to report his winnings.
The IRS would then say "OK, Mr. Hatch. You owe us $xxxxxxx amount of dollars. That includes penalties and interest".
You'd think Hatch would say "Jeez, I screwed up big! I'll settle with you now in order to avoid future problems".
Opinions or comments - anyone?
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posted on
07/24/2006 11:59:59 AM PDT
by
MplsSteve
To: MplsSteve
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:00:32 PM PDT
by
rock_lobsta
(cair = hamas = iran = EVIL)
To: MplsSteve
New prison-based, reality TV series: "Who Dropped The Soap"
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:01:29 PM PDT
by
proud_yank
(If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until its free.)
To: rock_lobsta
big bubba is going to make Richard his b**ch.
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:04:13 PM PDT
by
se_ohio_young_conservative
(If you love peace more than you love freedom, you are bound to be left hopeless with neither one)
To: proud_yank
New prison-based, reality TV series: "Who Dropped The Soap" Since he's proudly gay, I imagine he'll arrive with a few cases of soap bars to drop himself.
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:04:34 PM PDT
by
Bernard Marx
(Fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves, but the wise are full of doubts.)
To: MplsSteve
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:04:34 PM PDT
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: MplsSteve
The trial judge said that Hatch lied repeatedly on the witness stand. Whatever he did, he really teed off the judge!
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:06:02 PM PDT
by
RebelBanker
(If you can't do something smart, do something right.)
To: Bernard Marx; se_ohio_young_conservative
Case of KY too, I'd imagine.
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:06:09 PM PDT
by
proud_yank
(If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until its free.)
To: MplsSteve
He won't be housed with the violent felons and if it get's bad for him there's always PC for him.
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:06:47 PM PDT
by
misterrob
To: proud_yank
i was going to type that, im serious. LOL
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:06:47 PM PDT
by
se_ohio_young_conservative
(If you love peace more than you love freedom, you are bound to be left hopeless with neither one)
To: MplsSteve
Hatch not only didn't pay any taxes on his
Survivor winnings, he also paid no taxes on 350K he made as a radio host and he did not pay taxes on income from a rental property he owned.
IRS and the Feds told him that if he pled guilty to filing a false return, he would get probation and have to pay restitution with late penalties.
He refused the deal and insisted on going to trial, claiming that CBS verbally instructed him that they would pay his taxes. He didn't say if CBS told him years before they hired him that they would pay taxes on his rental property as well.
This ridiculous story was as unconvincing in court as it seems in writing and he got hard time.
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:06:57 PM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: MplsSteve
Tax Evasion is normally hard to prove. There has to be criminal intent to evade taxation and not just an error, misunderstanding, or other honest or semi-honest mistake. Proving that intent isn't easy, but this moron obviously provided all of the proof they needed.
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:09:08 PM PDT
by
You Dirty Rats
(I Love Free Republic!!!)
To: MplsSteve
They should lock up the people who think this show has any basis in reality. It is so thoroughly scripted it's ludicrous. And still people (loose term there) discuss it as though it were really happening spontaneously.
Having said all that, I hope this guy serves as long a sentence as possible.
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:09:23 PM PDT
by
AbeKrieger
(A school will never be better than the parents who send their children there.)
To: proud_yank
To: MplsSteve
Wow....for evading taxes? Years? Unreal.
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:11:07 PM PDT
by
Fawn
(BUILD A LONG TALL WALL)
To: rock_lobsta
Pack plenty of this!
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:11:12 PM PDT
by
McBuff
To: MplsSteve
He's gay right? He'll probably meet a significant other .....he might like it there.
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:12:23 PM PDT
by
Fawn
(BUILD A LONG TALL WALL)
To: MplsSteve
To: MplsSteve
I imagine they'll welcome a Dick Hatch in federal prison.
To: girlangler
I bet this guy was jumping for joy when he found out he was going to prison.
Wonder if he did it intentionally??
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posted on
07/24/2006 12:16:06 PM PDT
by
proud_yank
(If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until its free.)
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