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Driver Castroneves pleads innocent in tax case Save Email Print
Posted: 2:38 PM Oct 3, 2008
Last Updated: 2:38 PM Oct 3, 2008

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MIAMI (AP) -- Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves has pleaded not guilty to using offshore accounts to evade taxes on more than $5 million in income.

The 33-year-old appeared in Miami federal court on Friday in handcuffs and leg chains. He was released on $10 million bail.

His lawyer, Mark Seiden, said Castroneves would depart Friday for a weekend race in Atlanta. He will be allowed to travel in the U.S. for work, but cannot leave the country.

A grand jury indicted Castroneves on charges of conspiracy and six counts of tax evasion. Each count carries a maximum five-year prison sentence.

The driver won last year's "Dancing With The Stars" competition on ABC.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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