Fleiss Prosecutor Tells Jurors of Tax Evasion
A federal prosecutor told jurors in the Heidi Fleiss money-laundering and tax-evasion trial Monday that the famed madam must report her income like any other working American.
“She, like us, must pull her load,” Assistant U.S. Atty. Alejandro Mayorkas said, referring to the fact that the defendant filed no income tax returns in 1991 and 1993, and reported $33,000 in income in 1992.
“She worked hard at her prostitution business,” Mayorkas told the panel that will begin deliberating today. “She had others work hard with her to conceal that fact from the [Internal Revenue Service].”
But defense attorney Thomas Holliday said the government failed to prove anything, except that his client ran an elaborate dating service.
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