The Federal court for the southern district of new york hands down United states v. Helmsley: judge Thomas P. Griesa sentences Leona M. Helmsley to four years in prison for Federal income tax evasion on returns which she voluntarily filed.
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References:
Joseph Fried, “U.S. Jury Finds Helmsley Guilty of Evasion, but Not Extortion,” New York Times, 31 August 1989, A1, B3.
Irwin A. Schiff, The Federal Mafia: How it Illegally Imposes and Unlawfully Collects Income Taxes, (Las Vegas, Nevada: Freedom Books, 1990), 215-16.
Real estate mogul Leona Helmsley sentenced to prison – HISTORY
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-queen-of-mean-is-sentenced-to-the-slammer#:~:text=Leona%20Helmsley%2C%20nicknamed%20the%20%E2%80%9CQueen%20of%20Mean%E2%80%9D%20by,quipped%20that%20%E2%80%9Conly%20the%20little%20people%20pay%20taxes.%E2%80%9D
Leona Helmsley Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison : Taxes: The hotel queen must surrender on April 15. Her plea to remain free to care for her ailing husband is rejected. – Los Angeles Times
www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-/1992-03-19-mn-5943-story.html
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