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"Survivor" winner and tax cheat loser ordered back to federal prison

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this local article, "Reality-TV star Richard Hatch ordered back to jail for nine months," a high-profile tax criminal is headed back to federal prison.  Here are the specifics: It?s the sequel reality-TV star Richard Hatch didn?t want to be in: federal prison.  On Friday, the convicted tax evader and Newport resident was ordered back to jail for nine months for not amending federal tax returns or paying money owed to the Internal Revenue Service, conditions of his supervised release. Hatch, standing before Judge William E. Smith, said that he continues to cooperate with the IRS in resolving his tax problems, which he said were not ?as simple? as they might seem.  Any violation of his probation, he said, was due to ?technical deficiencies? and another prison sentence would not only be ?unduly severe? but prevent him from earning money to pay the IRS...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 12, 2011 (boomark / email).