'Mind of Mencia' comic Carlos Mencia arrested on suspicion of felony tax evasion, L.A. County D.A. announces
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Comedian Carlos Mencia, who broke out in the early 2000s with his Comedy Central series “Mind of Mencia,” was arrested Thursday morning in Los Angeles on suspicion of a dozen felony tax evasion counts.Los Angeles County Dist.
Atty.Nathan Hochman announced the 58-year-old comedian’s arrest during a news conference Thursday afternoon and said Mencia faces 12 criminal tax evasion counts over his failure to submit his state tax returns from 2019 to 2024.
Hochman alleged that Mencia, who once spoke favorably about paying taxes during a comedy set in the early aughts, failed to report a total of $8.7 million in earnings from personal income and corporate profits from his NedLos Entertainment company.Mencia is accused of six felony counts of failure to file personal income tax with the intent to evade tax and six felony counts of failure to file corporate income tax with the intent to evade tax.
Hochman said the comic paid his taxes before 2019 and that the California Franchise Tax Board sent more than 70 demand notices regarding his delinquent tax returns.According to the district attorney’s office, Mencia allegedly owes more than $300,000 in taxes to the state.
Mencia’s case is the first to be prosecuted under the district attorney’s new Business Tax Fraud Unit.The district attorney’s office said earlier on Thursday that Hochman would announce the charges in a news conference.
A representative for Mencia declined to comment on Thursday.His arraignment is set for Monday.
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at his home in Encino and is currently in custody with bail set for $250,000.Hochman said that Mencia, if convicted on all 12 count...