AS IF YOU NEEDED A REMINDER TO PAY YOUR TAXES...

The Internal Revenue Service doesn't take too kindly to people who fail to pay their taxes. Another example of that was realized Wednesday when Richard Hatch, the first winner of Survivor best known for shedding his clothes during the competition and taking the show's "Outwit/Outplay/Outlast" moniker to a high level from the start, was convicted of evading taxes on his $1 million prize and additional monies he earned as co-host of a Boston radio show and from rental properties he owned. He was acquitted on seven bank, mail, and wire fraud charges related to allegations that he misused funds intended for his charity, Horizon Bound.

Hatch was originally offered a deal that in return for pleading guilty of two counts of tax evasion, prosecutors would recommend less than the maximum ten year sentence. After initally agreeing to the deal, he walked away from it, for which the feds responded with a full court press. While the prosecution didn't get everything they wanted, Hatch now faces up to 13 years in prison, and they are also considering adding perjury to the list of charges based on portions of his testimony.

I'm sure that at least a few of his former Survivor 'mates are smiling this morning at the news...