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A Central Illinois businessman is facing charges of sales tax fraud involving his chain of convenience stores.
The Illinois Attorney General’s Office filed charges in Sangamon County against 38-year-old Surjit Singh of Clinton. Prosecutors say Singh operates convenience stores, all under different names, in four communities, including Clinton, Decatur, and Winchester.
He’s accused of failing to remit sales tax money he collected from customers, and with underreporting his sales to the state in order to fraudulently reduce his tax liability.
The AG’s office says the alleged fraud totals $100,000.
