A Myrtle Beach woman will spend almost two years in federal prison for making false claims to the IRS.
Janice A. Livingston, 30, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to making and presenting a false claim to the IRS and theft of government property, a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of South Carolina, stated.
Court records show that in 2020, Livingston submitted three false claims to the IRS for tax credit entitlements in the amount of more than $1.2 million, according to the release. She also submitted false documentation to receive individual unemployability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
In addition, Livingston made multiple false representations in applying for two Economic Injury Disaster Loans, which the Small Business Administration could provide to business owners who were negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Livingston is accused of filing applications for the loans through the SBA for her businesses, Bellamy & Associates and Bellamy & Freeman, according to a federal indictment.
Livingston claimed that Bellamy & Associates began operations in March 2019, that it had 12 employees and had gross revenues of $350,000 the 12 months prior to COVID-19 pandemic. She claimed that Bellamy & Freeman began operations in July 2019, that the business had 17 employees and gross revenues of $421,000 prior to the pandemic.
However, according to the indictment, both businesses were established with the state...
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