Lauryn Hill
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Caption:NEWARK, NJ – MAY 06: Lauren Hill departs the court on May 6, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. Hill plead guilty to tax evasion charges in June 2012 for failure to pay federal taxes on $1.8 million earned from 2005-2007. She faces a maximum one-year jail sentence for each of the three accounts. The sentencing date was postponed from April 22nd. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)
The Fugees singer was charged in June 2012 with with three counts of tax evasion for failure to file and pay federal taxes on $1.8 million of income earned between 2005 and 2007. He excuse? She went “underground”. “When I was working consistently without being affected by the interferences mentioned above, I filed and paid my taxes. This only stopped when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of myself and my family.”
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