Three men who own and operate a dozen Central and Southern Illinois gas stations were charged today for allegedly underreporting more than 50 million dollars in sales from 2019 to 2022. Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office says the men failed to remit more than 4 million dollars in collected sales tax.

Roger Multani of Peoria, and brothers Surinder and Jitender Singh, both of Indianapolis, were charged in Peoria and Sangamon County court with multiple felony counts of theft, fraud and tax evasion. The investigation was led by the Illinois Department of Revenue.