Arthur L. Farnsworth (born 1962) is an American politician and convicted Tax Honesty Movement Advocate. Evidence found by the government in Farnsworth's case helped the government indict actor Wesley Snipes on tax charges. Farnsworth received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Widener University and a master's degree in engineering science from Penn State. He has run for a number of offices as a member of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania.

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  • Arthur L. Farnsworth (born 1962) is an American politician and convicted Tax Honesty Movement Advocate. Evidence found by the government in Farnsworth's case helped the government indict actor Wesley Snipes on tax charges. Farnsworth received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Widener University and a master's degree in engineering science from Penn State. He has run for a number of offices as a member of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania. Most recently, Farnsworth served as township auditor for West Rockhill Township. He also served as the secretary and treasurer of the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party. Farnsworth ran as a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district in 2004 and drew 3,710 votes. In November 2004 Farnsworth was arrested on charges of tax evasion of approximately $87,000 in Federal income taxes under 26 U.S.C. ยง 7201 for years 1998, 1999, and 2000. On the campaign trail as well as on his personal website, Farnsworth argued that the federal law makes the payment of income taxes voluntary. A federal grand jury alleged the electrical engineer failed to pay taxes for three years on more than $221,000 in income and tried to conceal his earnings by transferring assets to fraudulent trusts and overseas bank accounts. During the case, investigators found that one of the trust funds belonged to actor Wesley Snipes. Snipes himself was indicted on tax charges in October 2006. Snipes was convicted of three misdemeanor counts of failing to file Federal income tax returns (and was acquitted on other tax charges). On December 11, 2006, a federal jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found Farnsworth guilty of tax evasion. He was sentenced on April 3, 2007 to 27 months in prison. He was also fined $500 and ordered to cooperate with Internal Revenue Service investigators in documenting his finances and beginning to pay his tax debt of almost $83,000. Farnsworth's conviction was upheld by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Farnsworth was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution at Fairton, New Jersey, and was released in April 2009.
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  • Arthur Farnsworth (Bette Davis' husband)
  • the actress Bette Davis' husband
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  • Arthur L. Farnsworth (born 1962) is an American politician and convicted Tax Honesty Movement Advocate. Evidence found by the government in Farnsworth's case helped the government indict actor Wesley Snipes on tax charges. Farnsworth received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Widener University and a master's degree in engineering science from Penn State. He has run for a number of offices as a member of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania.
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  • Arthur Farnsworth
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