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General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: mountaineer on December 17, 2015, 07:03:32 pm

Title: Model Bar Refaeli arrested and charged with tax evasion
Post by: mountaineer on December 17, 2015, 07:03:32 pm: Model Bar Refaeli arrested and charged with tax evasion
By Danika Fears
December 17, 2015 | 12:54pm
NY Post (http://pagesix.com/2015/12/17/model-bar-refaeli-arrested-and-charged-with-tax-evasion/?_ga=1.64104684.216124408.1447531987)
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Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli has been arrested for allegedly evading millions of dollars worth of taxes by lying about where she lived, Israeli authorities said Thursday.

She’s also suspected of receiving more than $257,000 in free benefits, including luxury apartments and cars, that she never reported, the Agence France-Presse reported.

Refaeli’s mom, Zipora, was also busted, Israel’s Tax Authority said, adding that the unreported income amounted to “dozens of millions of shekels.”

To avoid paying taxes, Refaeli and her mom claimed that the model lived outside of the country, the Tax Authority charged.

Refaeli, who was Israeli’s highest-paid model in 2013, was staying in luxury apartments registered under her mother’s and brother’s names — and used a free Range Rover and Lexus.

The top model and her mom were also given other “celebrity discounts,” like free interior decorating, that should’ve been reported, Israeli authorties alleged.

Refaeli and her mom’s home was raided this week — and on Thursday they were arrested and released on bail.

They were forced to fork over their passports and can’t leave Israel without permission for 180 days.

Refaeli’s lawyers declined to comment.
Okay, guys (before anyone asks), here's a picture.
(https://nyppagesix.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-17-at-1-52-26-pm.png?w=595&h=366&crop=1)
Title: Re: Model Bar Refaeli arrested and charged with tax evasion
Post by: aligncare on December 17, 2015, 07:05:31 pm: Not guilty.
Title: Re: Model Bar Refaeli arrested and charged with tax evasion
Post by: Scottftlc on December 17, 2015, 07:15:09 pm: Quote from: aligncare on December 17, 2015, 07:05:31 pm
Not guilty.

Tax evasion is a noble crime, particularly in socialist countries... :laugh:
Title: Re: Model Bar Refaeli arrested and charged with tax evasion
Post by: andy58-in-nh on December 17, 2015, 07:22:16 pm: I really never wanted to be a tax lawyer, but I wouldn't mind taking that Bar exam.
Title: Re: Model Bar Refaeli arrested and charged with tax evasion
Post by: GAJohnnie on December 17, 2015, 07:46:34 pm: Get some pictures of her in handcuffs, offer to sell them to the Tabloids to the highest bidder, and you can pay any tax bill she has outstanding. Tabloids loves this sort of crap
Title: Re: Model Bar Refaeli arrested and charged with tax evasion
Post by: aligncare on December 17, 2015, 08:30:56 pm: The great part is she's natural. Men really don't like surgically enhanced women. If you took a poll you'd find that I'm right. (Sorry, mountaineer. You started this line of commentary when you posted that picture!)

I'm dining out on that one photo, alone.
Title: Re: Model Bar Refaeli arrested and charged with tax evasion
Post by: ABX on December 18, 2015, 07:13:04 pm: Does she need supervised house arrest?
Title: Re: Model Bar Refaeli arrested and charged with tax evasion
Post by: ABX on December 18, 2015, 07:16:05 pm: Quote from: aligncare on December 17, 2015, 08:30:56 pm
The great part is she's natural. Men really don't like surgically enhanced women. If you took a poll you'd find that I'm right. (Sorry, mountaineer. You started this line of commentary when you posted that picture!)

I'm dining out on that one photo, alone.

She's had a lot of work done, just quality work that didn't go nuts with being out of proportion or mangled her face like Megan Fox. There are a lot of before and after pics online.