False Tax Returns<\/strong><\/h2>\nIn November 2019, White pleaded guilty to copyright infringement and tax evasion. Prosecutors believe that between 2013 and 2017, he filed false personal income tax returns, underreporting his income by more than $4.4 million.<\/p>\n
US District Court Judge Ann L. Aiken ordered White to pay more than $4.3 million in restitution to the MPAA and IRS. White has also agreed to forfeit all currencies seized from his bank accounts, as well as his home in Newport, because it was purchased with proceeds of crime.<\/p>\n
The defendant was scheduled to be sentenced last year, but the trial was postponed because of the coronavirus. He initially faced up to five years in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Poker player Talon White has been sentenced to 12 months in a federal prison after admitting to operating subscription-based websites that illegally streamed thousands of copyright-protected movies and television shows to users. The Newport, Oregon native, 31, listed his occupation as \u201cprofessional poker player\u201d when he was arrested in November 2019 and charged with copyright […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":179609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Prison for Poker Player Who Ran Multimillion-Dollar Movie Piracy Platform<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n