The Post today picks up on The Smoking Gun's scoop from yesterday...
Here's the Post:
Meet the scofflaw (above) who allegedly owes more than $172 million to the IRS — a broke, former Alphabet City hipster who has had to borrow money from relatives to make ends meet.
Garage-band guitarist Marcos Esparza Bofill quit his floundering job as a day trader in the city after less than a year — and left the tiny tenement apartment that he shared with roommates on East Sixth Street to move back to his native Barcelona, Spain, in hopes of having better luck with music career there, friends said.
"The first thing he said to me [yesterday after learning of the tax bill] was, 'What's the IRS?' " one pal told The Post. "He was shocked. He's trying to figure out what's going on.
"It's something that can easily be cleared up," the friend added. "It's crazy. He's a very chilled, relaxed guy. I think he's making music right now. He plays guitar and I think is doing some deejay stuff."
[Photo via The Smoking Gun]
6 comments:
I think the friend meant to say that Bofill was "a very chillaxed guy." C'mon dudebro, get with the douche vocabulary.
Everything about that picture screams asshole. And how floundering a day trader can you be if you trade enough to generate 172M in taxes in a year? Meaning why is Wall Street in the hands of these rich kid garage-band dipshits?
Oooh, he so cool! He got a beer! He flipping people off! He a real original!
Grieve - you left out this important part:
"But experts said he clearly doesn't owe that amount.
The number was likely generated by the total amount of trades he made, instead of the profit he earned from them, one tax expert said, adding that's a typical move by the IRS when returns aren't filed."
The Strokes are day trading now?
@Erin
Ha!
I say fine him 172 million just for being such an asshole in that picture...
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