Tuesday, April 11, 2017

"American Gangster" Prosecutor Pleads Guilty To Tax Charges



A former New Jersey prosecutor portrayed by Russell Crowe in the film "American Gangster" has pleaded guilty to failing to pay taxes.

Acting U.S. Attorney William Fitzpatrick said Tuesday that 79-year-old Richie Roberts pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to charges he failed to pay taxes going back to at least 2000.

Roberts told NJ.com after the proceedings he was "totally embarrassed."

As a prosecutor in the 1970s Roberts obtained an indictment against Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas. The case was portrayed in the 2007 film "American Gangster. Crowe played Roberts, and Denzel Washington portrayed Lucas.

Prosecutors say Roberts faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and fines up to $350,000. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 1.

Posted by ent lawyer at 11:15 PM

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2 comments:

Scandi Sanskrit said...

Oh. That's some dude named Russell Crowe? From my iPhone it looked like former First Lady Steve Bannon...

1:35 AM
meagain said...

Scandi....you are so funny. You made me spit out my coffee when I read your comment.
First Lady.....ha ha ha.

4:26 AM

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