The Snipes Trial

The purpose of this website is to provide interested people with relevant and timely background information regarding the Wesley Snipes criminal trial taking place in January 2008 in Ocala, Fla.

Author: Genet "J.J." MacNab is a financial consultant and insurance analyst in Bethesda, Md. who is perhaps more well-known for her expertise on financial frauds and scams and Senate testimony about same.

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Recent Posts from The Snipes Trial

Eddie Kahn +4 other ARL employees indicted!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 10, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX Five Promoters of Tax Defiance Scheme Indicted for Tax Fraud WASHINGTON- Five promoters of Florida-based tax defier organization, American Rights Litigators/Guiding Light of God Ministries (ARL),…
Snipes gets a big break
The judge has ruled that Snipes can remain out on bail pending appeal, and the appellate process can take years to complete. What the judge said: Obviously, having denied the Defendants’ motions asserting the issues he…
Snipes’ prison date: June 3rd
My apologies for not posting more regularly, but I’ve been busy on my other blog (Bombs, Taxes, and Red Crayons) covering two tax denier related trials. After sentencing on April 24th, Snipes’ lawyers (not the ones who handled…
Wesley Snipes sentenced to 36 months in prison
Wesley Snipes was sentenced late this afternoon, following an all-day hearing, to 36 months in federal prison. Eddie Ray Kahn received 120 months, and Douglas Rosile was sentenced to 54 months. This will be Kahn’s…
Tomorrow is the big day
In their sentencing memos, the government has asked that the judge give the three defendants some fairly stiff sentences (click on their names to read the applicable filing by the prosecutors): Wesley Snipes - 36 months in…
Snipes’ Sentencing Memorandum
The prosecutors submitted their sentencing memorandum today. They have asked the judge to sentence Snipes to 36 months in prison with a fine of at least $5 million, and let’s just say they didn’t mince words. For nearly…
Was Snipes really just asking the IRS innocent questions?
Or does he just have a problem paying taxes? Last week, a New Jersey newspaper reported that Snipes’ outstanding tax liens on his Alpine, NJ home in the amount of $67,108 had been sold at auction…
Sentencing is scheduled for April 24th
The court docket was updated this morning to reflect the new sentencing date for Kahn, Rosile, and Snipes. NOTICE OF HEARING as to Eddie Ray Kahn, Douglas P. Rosile, Wesley Trent Snipes. Sentencing set for…
Voluntary Compliance
KCUF Media wrote: The IRS line about “voluntary compliance” is a blatant lie. The “voluntary compliance” rhetoric from the IRS is weaselly at best, and deserves to be thrown out of court on that basis,…
Changing the “willful failure to file” tax returns law
Good Guy wrote: I’m glad those scum promoters got convicted on the felony counts. It’s now time for congress to set a dollar amount for elevation of failure to file as a felony. What this…