Georgia’s Northern District Court handed down a federal indictment to Chrisley Knows Best stars Todd and Julie Chrisley for tax evasion and other financial crimes on Tuesday. The indictment came less than 24 hours after Todd came out on Instagram with the “cloud hanging over” his family: a claim that a former employee stole from and scammed the family, and then lied to federal investigators. Peter Tarintino, the Chrisley’s former CPA, is also charged in the indictment. Atlanta’s WSB-TV reported the couple and their CPA were charged with tax evasion and wire fraud. The 12-page indictment also alleges the couple used their production company, 7C Production, to hide money earned from their USA Network reality series from the IRS. “Just because you’re rich and on a TV show doesn’t mean that the law is not going to come get you when you commit a federal crime,” BJay Pak, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, told Nicole Carr of WSB-TV. “They had a production company named 7C Production, which was paid the fees that the TV stations paid for the show. Of course, that was not declared as income in federal tax returns,” Pak said. Newsweek subscription offers >… Read full this story
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