First ‘Survivor’ winner Richard Hatch still hasn’t paid taxes on $1M prize 26 years later
By Jessica Schladebeck
Published on March 29, 2026.
Richard Hatch, the first winner of "Survivor," has been ordered to pay $3.3 million in delinquent income taxes and penalties from his time on the show. This comes after he was indicted on felony tax evasion charges and fraud in 2006, but was convicted only of filing false personal income tax. The government has renewed its efforts to collect in 2022, placing tax liens on two Newport properties he put in his sister's name.
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