Crime

Myrtle Beach woman charged with filing falsified W-2 forms

Pamela Kaye Lane
Pamela Kaye Lane

A Myrtle Beach woman was arrested in connection with tax evasion after allegedly filing fraudulent W-2 forms.

Pamela Kaye Lane, 46, is charged with six counts of tax/evasion of a tax property assessment or payment, according to J. Reuben Long Detention Center records.

She was arrested Tuesday morning by South Carolina Department of Revenue investigators.

Lane filed fraudulent W-2 forms with her South Carolina individual income tax returns for 2009 through 2014 and inflated her total withholdings by more than $14,500, authorities said.

Lane is facing up to five years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine per count, according to officials.

Lane is awaiting a bond hearing at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center.

Elizabeth Townsend: 843-626-0217, @TSN_etownsend

This story was originally published January 26, 2016 at 9:56 AM with the headline "Myrtle Beach woman charged with filing falsified W-2 forms."

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