How the US government miscarries justice: Inside the Ty Warner tax evasion case
In cases of tax evasion, cynics will point out that courts adjudicating the law are often less concerned with providing justice, and more concerned with making an example out of the accused. The government’s prosecution of Ty Warner – the international billionaire, creator of “Beanie Babies”, and philanthropist – is an example of the court providing unreasonably harsh treatment to a public figure, for the sake of admonishing the public to pay their taxes.