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Conspiracy Nuts Lose In Court
Helio Castroneves found not guilty of tax evasion
April 18, 2009
Brazilian race car driver and "Dancing With The Stars" champ Helio Castroneves was acquitted Friday of most charges that he worked with his sister and lawyer to evade more than $2.3 million in U.S. income taxes.
A federal jury in Miami acquitted Castroneves, 33, on six counts of tax evasion but was hung on one count of conspiracy.
The jury also acquitted Katiucia Castroneves, her brother's business manager, on the tax-evasion counts but also hung on the conspiracy charge. Michigan motorsports attorney Alan Miller, 71, was acquitted on all counts against him.
Castroneves said he planned to leave right away for Los Angeles, where he will race for Team Penske in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Owner Roger Penske welcomed Castroneves back to the team.
"Penske Racing is very happy for Helio Castroneves and his family following today's verdict," Penske said in a statement. ... "Penske Racing is pleased and excited to have Helio in the No. 3 Team Penske car at this weekend's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach."
http://www.freep.com/article/2009041...of+tax+evasion
More Details of Case:
http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slu...ress&type=lgns
Comments:
* Castroneves faced over 6 years in prison, if convicted.
* The case could have been settled in the civil courts, instead of a grandstanding prosecutor trying to get a criminal conviction on tax day.
* The people who have accussed Castroneves are conspiracy wackos. It's funny, how when the government has a conspiracy theory, the media does not call them conspiracy theorists.
* The Feds think that if you try to save money on your taxes, then you are in on a conspiracy.
Given that Castroneves has won the Indianapolis 500 autorace (twice), the Dancing With the Stars compe ion (once), and the rarity of jury acquittels in federal courts, you would think this jury verdict would have gotten more new coverage.
I can guarantee you had Castroneves been convicted, there would have been ten times more news coverage.
Castroneves deserved our support, as his name has been dragged through the mud during a six-week trial.
The feds have it easy, when they lose a trial, they don't have to go to jail or pay the taxpayers back to money they wasted.
"If any one ensnare another, putting a ban upon him, but he can not prove it, then he that ensnared him shall be put to death!"
Code of Hammurabi - Law # 1
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/CODE.HTM
Last edited by Galileo; 04-18-2009 at 12:21 PM.
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Heliocentrism ROCKS!! Castroneves is LEADING THE INDIANAPOLIS 500!!!
Helio Castroneves WINS HIS THIRD INDY 500! Down with the IRS!!
THREE-TIME Indianapolis 500 winners
A. J. Foyt, Al Unser, Sr., Rick Mears, Louis Meyer, Wilbur Shaw, Mauri Rose, Johnny Rutherford, Bobby Unser, Helio Castroneves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Indy_500_winners
What a month: Castroneves wins his third Indy 500
By PAUL NEWBERRY, AP National Writer 15 minutes ago
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—Pumping his fist as he took the checkered flag and breaking down in tears when he was done, Helio Castroneves capped a perfect month of May with the biggest win of all Sunday at the Indianapolis 500.
Castroneves became the ninth driver to win the historic race three times, and his timing couldn’t have been better. Just 5 1/2 weeks ago, he was aquitted of most charges at a federal tax evasion trial, and the remaining count was thrown out on Friday.
Instead of going to prison for as long as six years, Castroneves pulled his red-and-white machine into Victory Lane at the Brickyard. No wonder he was sobbing when team owner Roger Penske leaned in to give him a hug.
“Thanks for giving my life back,” the 34-year-old Brazilian told his boss, who earned his record 15th win at Indy.
Castroneves completed a clean sweep of every Indy prize, also claiming the pole position and winning the pit-stop compe ion. Throw in the federal government’s decision to drop the last of the tax charges just minutes before he went out for the final practice, and “this is the best month of May ever,” said Castroneves, now only one win away from joining the most elite group of all: four-time Indy winners A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears.
MORE:
http://sports.yahoo.com/irl/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns
Here is some excellent technical legal analysis of the case, I urge all Ron Paulites to read through this stuff, so they can see what the Revolution is up against:
Roy Black on the Castroneves Trial
Following his recent victory in the Helio Castroneves tax evasion trial, Roy Black, famed trial attorney from Miami spent some time with us reflecting on that trial:
http://www.federalcriminaldefenseblo...o-castroneves/
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