CNBC Originals

The American Tax Cheat (2011x16)

Air date: Apr 11, 2011

CNBC’s “The American Tax Cheat” investigates how widespread tax evasion lands businessmen in prison, celebrities in hot water and citizens in fear and desperation. With 15% of Americans admitting they’ve cheated on their taxes, this, often faceless crime, doesn’t discriminate between social or economic class. Correspondent Becky Quick introduces viewers to a woman who nearly lost everything after falling for a bogus tax scheme, a former millionaire who’s now in prison and those who hate the IRS so much they’ve resorted to violence.