Judge to Snipes: Pay up!

August 9, 2008

Yeah, I’m tired of Wesley Snipes, too, but at least this time the news about his tax fraud conviction is good for the rest of the taxpayer public.

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Snipes has been ordered by a federal district judge to pay $217,363.75 to cover the government’s prosecution costs.

Here’s the itemized bill:

$2,456.40 for daily trial transcripts
$193,716.98 for scanning, printing and numbering documents
$21,052.19 for witnesses
$138.18 for certification and copying of trial exhibits

The court-ordered amount is $40,323.99 less than the bill Assistant U.S.
Attorney M. Scotland Morris had submitted. The big difference is in
connection with witness-related fees.

Now we just have to wait and see when Snipes actually pays his court tab.

For more details, check out the magistrate’s recommendation that detailed the costs and the court order that accepted them.

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18 years ago Reply

Snipes’ Bill: $217,363.75

Wesley Snipes recently got clearance to go overseas to film a movie while waiting for his appeal to be heard. It looks like he’ll need some of the money he’s making: he just received the bill for his trial.
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