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Jack Price “900” Sports Tout says the “price is right” to $11.4 million dollar fine to avoid possible prison sentence.
The Paradise Casino (Hoss Limited Inc.) who closed shop last December has recently settled with the IRS and have agreed to pay an extraordinary $11.4 million dollars in back taxes, interest and penalties. Hoss Limited partners, Marc Meghrouni, of Balboa, CA., and Scott D. Shaver, of Garden Grove, CA, pled guilty to charges of impairing the work of the Internal Revenue Service and violating the Wire Wager Act. The fine was confirmed by John Edens (a.k.a. Johnny DeMarco) that his business associate, Marc Meghrouni (a.k.a. Jack Price), a “silent partner” of the Paradise, opened up their books to the IRS and agreed to the fine to avoid possible imprisonment said to be a possible 5 to 15 years. Some of the fine will consist of property. U.S. Attorney Audrey Fleissig said Meghrouni and Shaver will forfeit a beachfront condo in Orange County, CA., valued at more than $1 million; an office building in Irvine, CA., worth more than $2 million; and a 1995 Lamborghini Diablo, valued at $250,000. Jack Price was the subject of a series of “scamdicapper” articles in the Los Angeles Times in December of 1997 and Sports Illustrated in 1998.