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California officials are hoping the threat of public humiliation may prompt tax cheats to pay up.
The state's Franchise Tax Board last week launched a Web site listing the names, addresses and past-due amounts of its worst 250 scofflaws. Among California's most delinquent: singer Dionne Warwick, comedian Sinbad and O.J. Simpson.
As of Wednesday, those three remained on the list. But for dozens of others, the effort appears to be working.
In the weeks before the site went live, 26 offenders who were warned about their upcoming Internet debuts set up payment plans to keep their names off the list. Another scofflaw has since contacted the state to offer to pay up if it will mean being dropped from the Web site.
A tax board spokeswoman says the agency has collected $300,000 in payments from those on the list in the last 30 days.
