Hired Stand-in After Big Win To Beat Taxes
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) NEW YORK, August 22.
A punter who won a 98,237 dollar twin double hired a stand-in to cash his ticket so he could beat Federal taxes, Federal officials said, the Associated Press reported. The punter, Irving Fishman, aged 30, the father of four children, was released on 5000 dollars bail to appear in Court later on tax fraud charges. The charges carry a maximum penalty of five years’ gaol and a 10,000 dollars fine. Federal officials said Fishman had not worked since his big win at Yonkers Raceway last November. To win the double, a punter must select the winner of four specified consecutive races. Fishman’s pay-off on his two dollars was the eighth largest double win on record at a harness track. Assistant United States Attorney Robert Morviillo said Fishman paid a stand-in to cash his winning ticket. The name the
stand-in provided went into the Internal Revenue files as is customary when a big win is paid out.
He said the Internal Revenue Service was currently conducting a drive against stand-ins who help winners avoid taxes. Some of the stand-ins often used forged or stolen credentials, he said.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30836, 23 August 1965, Page 5
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