Goose Creek merchant charged with tax evasion

​​​South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) agents arrested the owner of two Lowcountry convenience stores on Thursday and charged her with fou...

March 30, 2023
11:20 PM

​​​South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) agents arrested the owner of two Lowcountry convenience stores on Thursday and charged her with four counts of tax evasion. Luz Myriam Torres, 69, of Goose Creek, is the owner and operator of Torres Superettes, two convenience stores in Charleston and Dorchester counties. According to arrest warrants, Torres reported gross sales for the years 2017 through 2020 for both stores as $329,043. An SCDOR investigation found actual sales were $3,782,551. As a result, Torres evaded $242,261 in South Carolina Sales Tax.

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