The alleged Palos Park Madam (of suburban Chicago) successfully dodged prostitution charges. But she was less successful in avoiding tax fraud charges and will soon spend a year in jail.
Dawn Hansel had been accused in the past of everything from cocaine sales, attacking her mother-in-law, and running an upscale prostitution ring. She managed to beat all those charges. This week, though, she was sentenced to a year in prison and three years of probation for not paying $250,000 in taxes to the IRS. Ms. Hansel plead guilty to not reporting the income from cash sales in her lingerie business, “Vogue Fashions.” Well, Ms. Hansel said it’s a lingerie business but state prosecutors allege it’s a prostitution ring.
The judge put it best, “To say Miss Hansel has an unusual background understates all the characteristics she comes with.”
Coverage: Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Southtown.
