PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel has been sentenced to two years in prison for failing to pay more than $728,000 in federal income taxes, authorities say. Sigel, whose real name is Dwight Grant, was sentenced Thursday for failing to file federal income tax returns, the U.S. Justice Department said in a news release. The 38-year-old who now lives in
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Lauryn Hill just pled guilty to a major federal crime … admitting she intentionally failed to file several tax returns in the past decade — and now the former Fugees singer faces 3 years in prison. Hill pled guilty today to three counts of failure to file tax returns for the years 2005, 2006, and 2007 — when she earned
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Ja Rule just can’t catch a break. Earlier today, he was sentenced to 28 months in prison on tax evasion charges. The sentence will run in conjunction to his current two year stint. As part of his deal, Loki will have to pay $1.1 million in back taxes. While in court he told a federal judge. ”I was a young
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On Tuesday, the rapper born Jeffrey Atkins pleaded guilty in a New Jersey Federal Court to two counts of tax evasion, each carrying a maximum one-year sentence. Agreeing to fork over $1.1 million in back taxes and penalties, the rapper is currently free on $500,000 bail pending sentencing June 13. A week before that, he’s scheduled to report to jail
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