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Former 'Dance Moms' star Abby Lee Miller sentenced to prison
Source: Reuters
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS | Tue May 9, 2017 | 7:23pm EDT
Former 'Dance Moms' star Abby Lee Miller sentenced to prison
By Piya Sinha-Roy | LOS ANGELES
Former "Dance Moms" reality television star Abby Lee Miller was sentenced on Tuesday to a year and a day in prison by a federal judge in Pittsburgh for bankruptcy fraud and concealing money earned abroad.
Miller, 50, a dance instructor on Lifetime cable television's hit show "Dance Moms," was also sentenced by Chief District Judge Joy Flowers Conti to two years of probation following her release from prison and ordered to pay a $40,000 fine.
Miller pleaded guilty to concealing approximately $755,000 in income she had earned in 2012 and 2013 after filing for bankruptcy in 2010 to reorganize her Abby Lee Dance Company business. Her company exited bankruptcy in 2013.
The reality TV star was also ordered by the judge to forfeit $120,000, the amount of money which prosecutors said Miller had transported in foreign currency to the United States from overseas locations, including England and Australia in 2014, without disclosing on arrival.
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Former 'Dance Moms' star Abby Lee Miller sentenced to prison
By Piya Sinha-Roy | LOS ANGELES
Former "Dance Moms" reality television star Abby Lee Miller was sentenced on Tuesday to a year and a day in prison by a federal judge in Pittsburgh for bankruptcy fraud and concealing money earned abroad.
Miller, 50, a dance instructor on Lifetime cable television's hit show "Dance Moms," was also sentenced by Chief District Judge Joy Flowers Conti to two years of probation following her release from prison and ordered to pay a $40,000 fine.
Miller pleaded guilty to concealing approximately $755,000 in income she had earned in 2012 and 2013 after filing for bankruptcy in 2010 to reorganize her Abby Lee Dance Company business. Her company exited bankruptcy in 2013.
The reality TV star was also ordered by the judge to forfeit $120,000, the amount of money which prosecutors said Miller had transported in foreign currency to the United States from overseas locations, including England and Australia in 2014, without disclosing on arrival.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-abbyleemiller-idUSKBN1852QP