Billionaire "Beanie Babies" creator Ty Warner
better hope he didn't take the tags off any of his stuffed toys -- Nana
the Monkey, anyone? -- because he just got slammed with a $53.5 million
penalty for tax evasion.
Warner -- worth a reported $2.3 billion
-- was charged with federal tax evasion Wednesday morning after
allegedly failing to report more than $3 mil in income he earned in an
offshore Swiss bank account back in 2002.
But the toy tycoon
won't be going to prison for up to 5 years -- he struck a plea bargain
with prosecutors to keep his ass out of the big house, agreeing to plead
guilty to the tax evasion charge instead ... and pay the penalty ASAP.
Warner's
lawyer said the billionaire accepts full responsibility for his
actions, calling the debacle "an unfortunate situation that Mr. Warner
has been trying to resolve for several years now."
Disclaimer: TMZ does not endorse investing in Beanie Babies for any reason whatsoever. Spend all your money on Pogs instead.
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