The Los Angeles District Attorney announced on Thursday that felony state tax evasion charges have been filed against comedian Carlos Mencia, accusing him of failing to report $8.7 million in income over a six-year period.
The 58-year-old comedian’s real name is Ned Arnel Holness, but he goes by Carlos Mencia professionally. Hochman called Mencia “One of California’s biggest tax scofflaws.”
He has been charged with 12 felony counts of tax evasion, six related to $3.3 million in personal income and six related to $5.4 million in corporate income for his company, Nedlos Entertainment, Inc. Over a six-year period, between 2019 and 2024, Mencia allegedly did not report $8.7 million in income.
Hochman said that translates to over $300,000 in state tax, and “by the way, we’re not even dealing with whatever federal tax obligations he may have not complied with.”
Hochman said the California…
IT & DATA SECURITY (MITIGATING THE “INSIDER THREAT”)
As seen in the TD Bank case, an employee with too much “access” can sell your customer data to syndicates.
- Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP): Employees should only have access to the specific folders and databases required for their current task.
- Access Revocation: Have a “Termination Checklist” that ensures all digital access (Email, VPN, Banking) is revoked within 60 minutes of an employee resigning or being dismissed.
- System Logs & Audit Trails: Enable “Read/Write Logging” on your server. If a customer’s data is leaked, you need to know exactly which login accessed that record and at what time.
- Encryption at Rest: Ensure that sensitive files (like your customer ID numbers or payroll spreadsheets) are encrypted so that if a staff member copies them to a USB, they cannot be read.