A federal grand jury has indicted an Ocean County lawyer and prominent Republican on a series of tax charges stemming from an alleged $1 million in unpaid taxes, filing false income tax returns, failing to pay payroll taxes to the IRS, and making false statements on a bank loan application.

On Jan. 10, George Gilmore, 69, of Toms River, was charged in a six-count indictment with one count of income tax evasion for calendar years 2013, 2014 and 2015; two counts of filing false tax returns for calendar years 2013 and 2014; failing to collect, account for, and pay over payroll taxes for two quarters in 2016; and making false statements on a 2015 loan application submitted to Ocean First Bank, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey said.