COLUMBIA, SC -- A Columbia attorney is in jail today after South Carolina Department of Revenue investigators arrested him on tax charges.
Frank R. Ellerbe, III, 51, is being held at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center pending a bond hearing.
He is charged with five counts of failing to file state tax returns in tax years 2001 through 2002 and 2005 through 2007.
The Department of Revenue investigation showed Ellerbe earned income in amounts that exceeded the requirement to file. The tax owed for the period is $9,958.
He is facing up to five years in jail and fines of up to $50,000 if convicted of the charges.
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