York County woman arrested and charged with 14 offenses including breach of trust and seven counts of tax evasion

South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) agents arrested a York woman TODAY and charged her with 14 offenses including breach of trust; failure to collect, account for, and pay over a tax; and seven counts of tax evasion…According to arrest warrants, 57 year old Joretta Anderson, was the secretary and treasurer of an unnamed York County company and was responsible for managing the company’s bank accounts, controlling daily financial transactions, issuing employee payroll checks, and filing company tax returns.From 2015-2021, the warrants allege that Anderson failed to report more than $1 million of employee wages and failed to pay over to the SCDOR approximately $49,00 of South Carolina Income Tax withheld from employees’ pay. She also issued W-2s, including to herself, that allowed employees to claim refunds on taxes that were not paid to the state.In addition, Anderson used her access to her company’s bank account to redirect more than $169,000 to her personal bank account, of which approximately $97,000 was never returned to the company or used on its behalf, and failed to report this money and other undisclosed sources of income on her state Individual Income Tax returns. If convicted, Anderson faces a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison and/or a fine of $10,000 plus the cost of prosecution for each count of tax evasion and failing to pay over Withholding Tax, and up to 10 years in prison or a fine at the discretion of the court for the charge of breach of trust. She is being held in the York County Detention Center pending a bond hearing.