Comedian Carlos Mencia was taken into custody earlier this week on a dozen felony charges for failing to report or pay taxes on more than $8 million in earnings, according to California authorities. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced the arrest at a news conference Thursday, where he referred to the charges against the 58-year-old stand-up comic as "one of California’s biggest tax scofflaws," according to The Associated Press. Hochman added that Mencia owes more than $300,000 in state taxes on income reaching $8.7 million. The case is one of the first to be filed under Hochman’s Business Tax Fraud Unit that was established last month.SUPREME COURT LITIGATOR CONVICTED OF TAX EVASION Comedian Carlos Mencia performs at The Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena, California, on June 6, 2026.(Michael S.
Schwartz/Getty Images for ABA)Mencia was arrested at his Los Angeles home Thursday morning and remained in custody through the evening on $250,000 bail. He was charged with six felony counts of failure to file personal income tax with the intent to evade taxes — one for each year from 2019 to 2024 — and six similar counts for corporate taxes.If convicted, Mencia could face a maximum sentence of more than 11 years behind bars.He would also be required to pay the full tax bills, including interest that could nearly double the total amount.CALIFORNIA TAX EXPERT ADMITS ROLE IN ILLEGAL ALIEN'S MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR FRAUD SCHEME Comedian Carlos Mencia performs at The Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena, Calif., on Feb.
9, 2024.(Michael S.
Schwartz/Getty Images)Mencia regularly paid taxes before 2019 and was previously sent 78 notices from the state of California regarding his delinquency bills, Hochman said. The comedian allegedly did not respond to any of the notices and the state has not been advised by the IRS regarding the comic’s federal tax standing, the district attorney added. Mencia has not yet entered a plea in the case.COMEDIAN ...