Johnny Ray Taylor, who led a lavish lifestyle as a pimp while evading taxes and collecting government disability benefits. Taylor owes more than $393,000 in income he earned as a pimp between 2008 and 2010.
IRS agents seized another $306,000 from Taylor, which they did not include as part of his income those years, from a safety deposit box belonging to him.
Taylor, 35, pleaded guilty to a single tax evasion count in Federal court while getting a sweet plea deal in State court for a sentence for 3 years. He was arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into the cash-rich sex trade in Las Vegas by the Financial Crimes Task Force, a group of law enforcement agencies that includes IRS-Criminal Investigation, Las Vegas police, Henderson police and the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
In court Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Dickinson said Taylor, who once had as many as nine prostitutes working for him, was “rather flamboyant” in his illegal activities. Taylor spent more than $100,000 renting two homes in Henderson between 2008 and 2010 and another $140,000 buying and leasing three luxury cars, including a couple of Bentleys, Dickinson said in court papers.
At the same time, Taylor was collecting Social Security disability checks while claiming to be indigent and unable to work. Defense lawyer Steve Stein said Taylor, who grew up in a Memphis ghetto with only a sixth-grade education, was determined to turn his life around after he gets out of prison.
SHOW CREDITS
Host: Keko - twitter.com/therealkeko
Guest: Johnny Ray Taylor
Producer: Mac Redd
Music Guest: Kydd Trell
Background Music: Yondo Music
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