Myrtle Beach club operator charged with tax evasion

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The operator of a Myrtle Beach gentleman’s club has been arrested and charged with four counts of tax evasion.

David Joseph Bean, 68, of Myrtle Beach, operated Seaboard Ventures Inc., doing business as Derriere’s Gentlemen’s Club of Myrtle Beach, and was responsible for filing admissions tax returns, according to a news release from the S.C. Department of Revenue. The club is no longer in operation.

Arrest warrants allege that for tax years 2016-2019, Bean failed to report at least $882,783 in admissions revenue and as a result evaded at least $44,142 in state admissions tax.

Bean faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and/or a fine of $10,000 plus the cost of prosecution for each count, the release said. He is being held in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center pending a bond hearing.

If you suspect or know of anyone or a business that has committed a state tax crime such as tax evasion or tax fraud, contact SCDOR Criminal Investigation and submit a Tax Violation Complaint Form (CID-27) to [email protected] or mail it to S.C. Department of Revenue, Attn: Fraud Advisor, 2070 Northbrook Blvd., Suite B7, North Charleston, S.C. 29406.