U.S. Government Hits Survivor TV Star Richard Hatch With New Lawsuit
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U.S. Government Hits Survivor TV Star Richard Hatch With New Lawsuit
The federal suit seeks to enforce tax liens against real property owned by Hatch, who served five years in prison for tax evasion after omitting to report his $1 million winnings from the show.
The complaint also names his sister Kristin Hatch and various financial institutions, including Citizens Bank and Bank of America as well as other defendants who may have competing lien claims.
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"On January 26, 2006, a jury found Mr. Hatch guilty of two counts of tax evasion for the 2000 and 2001 income tax years. And on May 24, 2006, Mr. Hatch was sentenced to 51 months incarceration with 3 years of supervised release. As part of his sentence, Mr. Hatch was also required to file amended income tax returns for the 2000 and 2001 tax years and pay all taxes due and owing as to those years, but he failed to do so."
And the government’s new suit claims that two Newport properties controlled by the members of the Hatch family were improperly transferred from Richard Hatch to Kristin Hatch. The government is asking, among other things, to find, "a determination that Kristin M. Hatch is the mere nominee of Richard H. Hatch, Jr., and that Richard H. Hatch, Jr., is the true and equitable owner of the Real Properties, or, in the alternative, that Richard H. Hatch, Jr., fraudulently transferred the Real Properties to Kristin M. Hatch and that such transfers are set aside and void as to the United States..."
And the government seeks, "an order imposing a resulting trust over the 23 Annandale Property for the benefit of the creditors of Richard H. Hatch, Jr., such as the United States to the extent that all of the purchase money was provided by Richard H. Hatch, Jr..."
This story was first published 9/9/22 9:44 PM