Former ‘Jersey Shore’ star ‘The Situation’ pleads not guilty to tax fraud
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014, 12:56 PM LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014, 11:35 PM
BY JEFF GREEN
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
Reality TV star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and his brother, Marc, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal income tax evasion charges involving $8.9 million they earned over three years.
An indictment announced Wednesday by U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman accused the Sorrentino brothers of filing false business and personal tax returns in 2010, 2011 and 2012. They failed to report some of their income, and they reported some personal expenses, like luxury cars, expensive clothing and personal grooming bills, as business expenses, prosecutors said. Mike Sorrentino filed no personal income tax return in 2011, according to the charges.
The brothers had not been “living in reality,” Jonathan D. Larsen, an IRS official in Newark, said in a statement. They “created the illusion that they earned less income by filing false and fraudulent tax returns,” he said.
The Sorrentinos turned themselves in to IRS agents Wednesday. After a brief court appearance in Newark, they were released on $250,000 unsecured bonds
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At least we now know for sure that he wasn’t simply acting dumb on that show. I guess it really was reality TV.
Not a good ‘situation’ to be in.
Dummy should have paid his taxes. (too bad he doesn’t live here, the kids need his tax $$ for computers)
now that’s a “situation”.
Have you committed tax fraud James? Hmmmmmm
No but apparently the RBA did
I bet the Situation was the one that helped Rica take the coins.