Method Man Charged with Tax Evasion

METHOD MAN is facing up to four years behind bars after authorities in New York charged him with tax evasion.

The Wu-Tang Clan rapper – real name Clifford Smith – surrendered to police on Monday 05Oct09 and was arraigned in Staten Island’s Stapleton Criminal Court.

He is accused of failing to pay personal income tax from 2004 to 2007, totalling $32,799 (£21,870), not including fees and penalties. He faces a felony charge of repeated failure to file personal income and earnings tax. He also faces a misdemeanour charge of failure to pay tax.
Prosecutors have vowed to fiercely go after the star.