NEWS RELEASE
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Public Affairs Office
Contact: Adrienne Fairwell
Phone: (803) 898-5287
Email: fairwea@sctax.org

For Immediate Release
September 20, 2006

SPARTANBURG RESIDENT ARRESTED ON TAX EVASION

Spartanburg, SC…South Carolina Department of Revenue investigators arrested a Spartanburg man today for failing to file his state income tax returns for a nine-year period.

John Mullally, 36, is being held in the Spartanburg County Detention Center pending a bond hearing. Mullally is being charged with nine counts of income tax evasion. He is accused of failing to file individual income tax returns from 1996 - 2004. The Department estimates Mullally owes an estimated $9,286 in individual income taxes for these years.

Mullally is facing up to 45 years in prison and fines of up to $90,000 if convicted of all the charges.

The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office assisted the Department of Revenue in Mullally's arrest.

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