Looks like Joe Francis days of getting girls to go wild may be coming to end. Tuesday one of Paris BFFs and utter douche Francis, was arrested in Florida for contempt of court in a case involving him being sued by seven underage girls after in fit of arrogance he refused the judge’s order to settle the case with the aid of a mediator. Now The Smoking Gun is reporting that contempt of court is just the start of his legal troubles. Yesterday he was indicted on federal charges for tax evasion:
Joe Francis, the “Girls Gone Wild” founder, was indicted today on federal tax evasion charges for illegally deducting more than $20 million in phony business expenses from his 2002 and 2003 corporate tax returns. According to a two count indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Reno, Nevada, Francis, 34, sought to conceal income through the use of offshore companies and nominees. At one point, he transferred $15 million from one offshore bank account to a California brokerage account in the name of a Cayman Islands corporation he controlled.
If convicted on these federal charged, Francis faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and fines of up to $500,000.
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Judith // May 4, 2007 at 4:36 am
Glad to see that justice was done concerning this scum bag. If the girls he used in his videos were smart they would ask for a cut of the profits made of their exploitation in which Francis, the piece of crap has enjoyed for far too long. I guess they were too drunk at the time to think clearly.
A real charm boy, could only get drunk girls to appear on his cheap videos. I think the orange coloured prison jump suit would be very flattering on him.
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