Ty Warner says sentence was fair
Lawyers for the billionaire creator of Beanie Babies say a federal judge didn’t let him off too easily by giving him probation and no prison time for hiding at least $25 million from U.S. tax authorities in Swiss banks.
In a filing Thursday with the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals,
Ty Warner denies the judge in Chicago sent a message there’s a different standard for the wealthy.
That’s the prosecutors’ argument in their recent appeal asking for a do-over of Warner’s sentencing. They want Warner to spend some time behind bars.
In sentencing him to two years of probation in January, Judge
Charles Kocoras heaped praise on Warner for his charitable giving.