Lake Co. Man Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Todd Antenore, 47, of Mundelein was sentenced to a term of 30 months in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) after he pleaded guilty to sales tax fraud in Lake County.  The charges stem from Antenore’s attempt to evade paying sales tax while affiliated with Pembrooke, Inc., located in Wadsworth, IL.  Antenore has a prior felony conviction in Cook County for the same conduct involving petroleum station.

“Today’s hard-hitting sentence shows that we take tax fraud very seriously in Illinois,” said Revenue Director Connie Beard.  “I applaud the efforts of Revenue’s Criminal Investigation Division, as well as the Attorney General’s Office in obtaining this conviction.”

Antenore’s conviction stems from his attempt to evade $186,000 in additional taxes while on probation for a prior Cook County tax fraud case where he was ordered to pay $336,000.  Antenore is set to surrender to IDOC on August 13, 2015.

The case was prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office based on a referral from the Department of Revenue’s Criminal Investigation Division.