Thomas Middelhoff, once one of Germany's most prominent and respected business leaders, was convicted of embezzlement and tax evasion by a state court on Friday and immediately taken to jail to start a three-year sentence.
Grammy Award winning singer Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in prison on Monday, and an additional three months in home confinement for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings. Hill pleaded guilty last year in the case. Hill explained that she always meant to eventually pay the taxes but was unable to during the period when she dropped out of the music business.
A federal judge postponed Lauryn Hill's tax evasion sentencing on Monday but not before scolding the eight-time Grammy-winning singer for reneging on a promise to make restitution. Hill pleaded guilty last year to not paying federal on $1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007.
Wesley Snipes was released from the medium security Federal Correctional Institution McKean, in northwest Pennsylvania. He is known for his starring roles in 'White Men Can't Jump,' the 'Blade franchise and 'Jungle Fever. The jury convicted him for not filing tax returns. He was acquitted of felony and conspiracy charges. Prosecutors argued that Snipes had earned more than $8 million, and failed to file income tax returns between 1999 through 2001.
Sidney Lowe, the current Utah Jazz assistant coach, was arrested Monday and charged with failing to file his North Carolina state income taxes for three years, between 2009-2001.
