Mr. Hatch is apparently not quite as canny as he seemed on the original survivor. What was he thinking?
“Hmmm, I won $ 1.000.000. on a show with huge ratings. Well surely no one at the IRS will notice if I don’t declare it.”
He thought he could hide it behind his left nut. That’s why it was hanging out all the time.
What a doofus. I thought he knew how to play the game.
Sheesh. Wonder if he mentioned the Aztek, (or whatever vehicle it was that he won) either.
Maybe he was hoping they’d think that it was really the Richard Hatch from Battlestar Galactica who was filing. 
This is the kind of story that warms the cockles of my heart.
In fact, my cockles are so warm I may be able to turn the heat down tonight. 
If I never hear duffer talk about his warm cockles again, it’ll be too soon.
Pervert.
He must have thought he was safe from being audited so long as he kept supplying the IRS with food by spear-fishing every day. After all, no one at the IRS knows how to spear-fish, so they’d have to eat nothing but rice and tapioca roots if they threw him in jail.
Hubris, thy name is Hatch.
So much for “Outwit, Outplay, Outlast.” These three do not apply to the IRS.
Richard, honey, you’re going to the federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison.
Robin
Eh, he’ll just enjoy it.
A radio station paid him $300k? Geez, I’m in the wrong field!
Unlikely, considering it’s white collar tax evasion. He’ll probably be in minimum security.
It was worth it to them! He could always be counted on to get them fresh Orange Roughy and Lobsters.
You say that like it’s a bad thing 
With a decent lawyer, his choice of prison was included in the plea bargain.
How fucking stupid! It doesn’t say much for the IRS either - it took four years to catch him?
It’s more than just a million smackaroos, according to TheSmokingGun.com.
Just name-dropping here…
My wife and I actually met the guy at a restaurant in Middletown, RI while the show was first airing (and before the winner was known). We almost didn’t recognize him because he was much thinner, had shaved, and was wearing clothes.
He seemed like an intelligent guy, and was actually pretty personable.
On the other hand, he keeps having these run-ins with the law. Go figure.
What did he think CBS was going to do? Pay him under the table? Or in cash?
I’m almost speechless at his stupidity.
When you file your tax return, the IRS waits about a year before auditing it just in case you file a 1040X or something. The audit (if there is fraud) takes at least a year, then after the IRS agent hands the case over to federal proscecutors, it takes a year + to file charges and such. The IRS were likely “on” to Hatch within a year. In the case of non-filers, it takes even longer. Many dudes think they have “gotten away with it” when in fact some IRS agent is working away on their doom.
I still wonder why he did that. There are some possible arguements like Foreign Income exclusion. If anyone finds out Hatch’s side of the stroy, I’d like to see that.
It is unlikely that Hatch will do much Prison time. Few do for simple tax evasion. But the costs & penalties are staggering.
Note that Hatch didn’t even file until Nov 2002.
I don’t know for sure that this is true, but I’m sure the IRS takes special interest in high-profile winners of large prizes like game show and lottery winnings to make sure all taxes are paid.
Robin
So are you sure or not sure?