Former SC superintendent accused of tax evasion

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former superintendent for schools in Mullins and Columbia has been arrested for tax evasion, a month after pleading guilty to stealing money from them.

The state Revenue Department says 61-year-old Nathaniel Miller of Columbia was arrested Monday and charged with five counts of tax evasion. He is accused of under-reporting his income from 2005 through 2009 by nearly $626,000.

Miller was sentenced last month to six years for embezzling money from Richland 1 and Marion 2.

The revenue agency says Miller reported a total income of $593,342, and paid about $4,000 in state income taxes, but he owed nearly $42,000.

Miller faces up to 25 years in prison and $50,000 in fines on the tax evasion charges. A phone number at his home has been disconnected.