Self-Employed Radio Host Sentenced for Failing to File Tax Returns

June 14, 2010 - David A. Sierleja, Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that Louis A. Wolk, a.k.a. Louie Free, a.k.a. Louie B. Free was sentenced to six months' home confinement and fined $5,000 after pleading guilty to three counts of failure to file tax returns.

Wolk was also put on probation for two years and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.

Wolk was self-employed as a radio host, doing business as The Louis Free Radio Program, a.k.a. Free Radio Ltd., a.k.a. Louie Free Radio, according to his plea agreement. The charge alleged that because Wolk had gross income he was required to file an income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service. Wolk failed to file returns despite the fact that he had gross income in the amount of $74,150 for the calendar year 2004; $46,810 for the calendar year 2005; and $17,945 for the calendar year 2006.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin J. Roberts, following investigation by the Youngstown offices of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.