Plaxico Burress indicted on failure to pay income tax
Plaxico Burress has been indicted for failing to pay nearly $48,000 in income taxes after his payment didn't go through.
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Shawn Krest
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Former Steelers, Jets and Giants receiver
Burress filed his taxes for 2013, but the electronic funds transfer didn't go through successfully. A new state law in New Jersey makes the punishment for a failed transfer the same as for writing a bad check.
Burress' indictment was issued on April 22 for a count of issuing a bad check or electronic funds transfer, and a count of willful failure to pay state tax. Both charges have a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $15,000 fine. No court date has been set.
Burress spent 20 months in prison on a weapons charge after a 2009 incident where he accidentally shot himself in the leg in a nightclub. He hasn't played in the NFL since 2012.
