Citizen living abroad wanted for tax crimes

[AmericanWannabe]

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/waw/pr2003/jan/Cheung.html

[AmericanWannabe]

But I heard the statute of limitation for tax crimes
is 3 years (maybe I heard it wrong), how come
he could be charged for filing false return in
1993-1998?

>Further, STEVEN N. S. CHEUNG is charged with six counts of
>filing false U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns (Forms 1040) with
>the Internal Revenue Service for the tax years 1993 through
>1998

[vibro]

How long does the IRS have to audit my return?

The Internal Revenue Service can audit your income tax record for any reason within three years after the return is filed. As a result, you need to keep virtually all of the records used to complete your return for the same amount of time. Most tax-related documents, though, should be kept for at least seven years. That’s because, if the IRS believes you have underreported your income by 25% or more, it has up to six years to launch an audit. There’s no statute of limitations if you file a false return or don’t file at all. If that’s the case, the IRS can literally haunt you into the grave and take any money you owe out of the estate you leave behind.

http://moneycentral.msn.com/quickref...&Topic=0&Sub=0

[AmericanWannabe]

All people who got caught for not reporting overseas income
are famous and amounts of money involved are huge.
Is there any case some low-income folks get caught
for not reporting a few thousands bucks?