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Mike Sorrentino and Brother Charged with Tax Fraud Conspiracy

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GETTY 92414 MikeSorrentino?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1411580217570Jason Merritt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former Jersey Shore star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is expected to appear in New Jersey federal court Wednesday to answer an indictment accusing him and his brother of failure to properly pay taxes on some $8.9 million of income.

Mike and Marc Sorrentino face two and three counts, respectively, of filing false tax returns between 2010 and 2012, while Mike faces an additional count of failure to file a tax return for 2011.

U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said in a statement from the U.S. Attorney in the District of New Jersey that “the brothers allegedly also claimed costly clothes and cars as business expenses and funneled company money into personal accounts.”

“The law is absolutely clear,” Fishman said, “telling the truth to the IRS is not optional.”

Christopher Adams, the attorney for Marc Sorrentino, tells ABC News, “The charges are fiction. And it’s unfortunate that the government is relying on the word of a disgraced accountant who is a proven liar.”  He adds, “This is not a surprise. We have been showing the government for the better part of a year now the flaws in their theory and now we’ll have to show the same to court.”

So far, there’s no response to ABC News’ request for comment from Mike Sorrentino’s representatives.

A publicist for Mike Sorrentino has not yet responded to a request by ABC News for comment, nor has his lawyer. However, he recently took to Instagram to post a telling message: “To be old and wise, you must first be young and dumb.”


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