NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Richard Hatch, the first winner of hit TV reality show "Survivor," has been charged with filing false tax returns, the office of the U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island announced Tuesday. <br /><br />The office said Hatch filed a false income tax return that omitted more than $1 million he received for winning the first season of "Survivor." Hatch was also charged with failing to report approximately $321,000 paid to him by a Boston radio station. <br /><br />According to a statement, the production company behind the hit CBS show paid Hatch $10,000 in August 2000 for appearing on the final episode of the first season and $1,000,000 after being declared the winner. <br /><br />The district attorney's office alleged that, in November 2002, Hatch filed a false personal income tax return for the 2000 tax year by failing to report the $1,010,000 paid to him by the production company, Survivor Entertainment Group. <br /><br />In addition, the district attorney's office said that Hatch was paid by a Boston radio station WQSX-FM for co-hosting its radio program "The Wilde Show." But he allegedly failed to report the $321,139 that the radio station paid to him for his appearances.
