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Attorney General Madigan Reaches $4.5 Million Settlement with Chicago-area Gas Stations for Allegedly Underpaying Illinois Sales Tax

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Source: illinoisattorneygeneral.gov

Chicago –(ENEWSPF)—September 25, 2017

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By: Office of Attorney General Lisa Madigan

Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced last week a $4.5 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit under the Illinois False Claims Act against 13 Chicago-area gas stations and two gas station owners for sales tax fraud.

Madigan’s lawsuit alleged that since 2002, defendants submitted false monthly sales tax returns to the Illinois Department of Revenue, resulting in millions of dollars of lost tax…

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