Attorney General Kwame Raoul has charged three men who own and operate a dozen Central and Southern Illinois gas stations, including Salem, Central City, Xenia, and Wayne City, with more than $ 4 million in tax fraud.
The charges against 29-year-old Roger Multani of Peoria and brothers 34-year-old Surinder (Paul) Singh and 33-year-old Jitender (Jay) Singh of Indianapolis, Indiana accuse them of allegedly underreporting more than $50 million in sales from 2019 to 2022.
The stations include the KKG stations at 500 South Broadway in Salem, 113 West Green Street in Central City, 107 North Main in Wayne City, and 1500 Church Street in Xenia. All four were shut down by agents of the Illinois Department of Revenue last year following the execution of search warrants. At the time, the Illinois Department of Revenue declined to provide any details about the investigation.
The charges allege the men collected millions of dollars in taxable revenue from customers and failed to remit the collected sales tax to the State of Illinois.
Altogether, Multani and Jay Singh were charged in Peoria and Sangamon Counties with one count of theft of property over $1 million and 15 counts of theft of government property over $100,000. The charges are all Class X felonies. They were also charged with three counts of theft of government property over $100,000 and 14 counts of sales tax evasion over $100,000. Paul Singh was charged in Peoria County with five counts of sales tax evasion over $100,0000.
All three men are next scheduled to appear in Peoria County Court on October 26th. Multani and Jay Singh will also appear on November 2nd in Sangamon County.
