Convicted Murderer Alex Murdaugh Charged With MORE Tax Evasion
Prosecutors allege he failed to report his total income right up until the year he killed his wife and son.
ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS/Handout via REUTERS
Alex Murdaugh, the once-prominent lawyer now serving two life sentencing for murdering his wife and son, has been indicted on new tax evasion charges, the South Carolina Attorney General's Office announced Tuesday. A Colleton County grand jury last week indicted Murdaugh on two additional counts of willful attempt to evade or defeat a tax—meaning that the 63-year-old now faces 101 criminal charges. Prosecutors allege that between 2020 and 2021—the year he murdered his wife and son at their hunting estate—Murdaugh failed to report over $2 million in income he earned through his illegal activities and therefore under-reporting his taxable income by some $132,572. In December, Murdaugh was also indicted for evading his taxes from 2011 and 2019. “In total, the two indictments allege $9,067,706 of unreported income and thus state tax evaded in the amount of $619,391,” prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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