Charlie will just say that his expenses were greater than the rental revenue and thus he had losses for the periods in question. He didn’t want to burden the American taxpayers with his personal problems so, rather than using these losses to partially offset his salary, he just ignored the whole thing.
Ask Wesley Snipes about that.
Furthermore, his ability to claim loss on the property is subject to all kinds of limitations depending on his use of the property for personal use or for investment, and his tax fling status. As rental income is “passive income” his ability to deduct losses may be further circumscribed. The IRS rules are clear. Charlie is a tax scofflaw. An ordinary person would be audited and stuck with back taxes and penalties. Ironically Charlie is the kind of guy he loves to reinvent the tax code to punish.