Snipes, flew from Namibia, where he is filming “Gallow Walker”, to an Orlando airport, two months after he was indicted, to turn himself in. U.S. Attorney’s spokesman Steve Cole confirmed the arrest.

The star of the ‘Blade’ trilogy was charged with fraudulently claiming refunds on income taxes already payed.

The 44-year old actor had his taxes prepared by accountants with a history of filing false returns to reap payments of their clients. Snipes states he was unfairly targeted and he was taken advantage of by the prosecutors.
The actor faces up to 16 years in prison, if convicted.

He is allowed to fly back to Namibia to finish the cowboy movie “Gallow Walker”, but he has to return to California before or on January 10. The movie will released sometime next fall.

Written by Helga

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