This violated the customs and immigration requirements to declare any cash over $10,000.Īfter these discoveries, Miller was hit with 20 counts of financial and customs fraud.
It was also found out that in 2014, Miller had friends divide and smuggle $120,000 that she earned from her Dance Moms Australia masterclass tour into the United States from Australia. In 2015, a judge was reviewing her still-pending bankruptcy repayment plan when an episode of the Dance Moms' spin-off, Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition, came on, prompting him to look into Miller’s more recent financial situation, the Associated Press reported.īoth the IRS and FBI investigated Miller and found that she had hidden $775,000 of her income from the ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, according to the Associated Press. Her bankruptcy case was still under review when Dance Moms aired the following year and the money started rolling in. In 2010, Miller owed close to $400,000 in real estate taxes on her Pittsburgh studio and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the Associated Press reported. To understand Miller’s legal troubles, we have to go back to her life before Dance Moms.
Attorney’s office in Pittsburgh.ĭuring the trial in her hometown, Miller, who is known for her crass teaching style, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve time in federal prison.įrom her charges to her early release, here’s everything we know about Miller’s criminal history. Miller, 52, was forced to step away from the show after being indicted on 20 counts of financial fraud by the U.S. In 2019, Dance Momsfans welcomed back the dramatic show after a nearly two-year hiatus which was caused, in part, by Abby Lee Miller's prison sentence.
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