Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller indicted on bankruptcy fraud charges.
PITTSBURGH — “Dance Moms” star Abby Lee Miller has been charged with hiding $775,000 worth of income from the Lifetime network reality show and spinoff projects during her Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The investigation began when a channel-surfing bankruptcy judge saw Miller on TV in December 2012 and figured she had to be making more than the $8,899 in monthly income she was claiming, according to the 20-count bankruptcy fraud indictment announced Wednesday by federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh.
In reality, Miller had signed deals to earn up to $15,000 per episode of “Dance Moms” and up to $25,000 per episode of her spinoff , “Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition,” not to mention income from dance sessions, public events, merchandise and apparel, the indictment said.
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