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Attorney General Madigan: Pekin Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud

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Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2016.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a Tazewell County business owner pleaded guilty to defrauding the state out of more than $600,000.

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Hisham M. Jaber, 40, of Pekin, pleaded guilty to filing fraudulent tax returns and was sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). Jaber was also ordered to pay over $640,000 to the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR).

In 2015, Madigan’s office charged Jaber with…

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