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Attorney General Madigan: Peoria Area Businessman Sentenced on Charges of Filing False Tax Return and Mail Fraud

Springfield–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a Peoria area gas station owner was sentenced to federal prison in return for his guilty plea to state and federal charges of mail fraud and filing a false tax return.

Lakhvir Nijher, also known as Tony Nijher, 51, of Metamora, was sentenced to 45 months after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court in Peoria to one count of mail fraud and 36 months, to be…

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