{"id":2747,"date":"2021-01-15T16:17:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T16:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/15\/richland-convenience-store-owner-arrested-for-tax-evasion\/"},"modified":"2021-01-15T16:17:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T16:17:28","slug":"richland-convenience-store-owner-arrested-for-tax-evasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/15\/richland-convenience-store-owner-arrested-for-tax-evasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Richland convenience store owner arrested for tax evasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\">South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) agents have arrested a Richland County convenience store owner and charged him with three counts of tax evasion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Amitkmar Vinubhai Gohel, 45, of Columbia, reported a total of $293,149 in sales for 2017 through 2019 for his two stores, though the actual sales were $929,573. The defendant failed to report $636,424 in sales, according to the arrest warrants. As a result, he evaded about $50,914 in South Carolina Sales Tax, the warrants allege.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">If convicted, Gohel faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and\/or a fine of $10,000 for each count. He is being held in the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center pending a bond hearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">If you suspect or know of anyone or a business that has committed a state tax crime, such as tax evasion or tax fraud, contact&nbsp;SCDOR Criminal Investigation and submit a&nbsp;Tax Violation Complaint Form&nbsp;(CID-27)&nbsp;to&nbsp;criminalinvestigation@dor.sc.gov&nbsp;or mail it to SCDOR, CID,&nbsp;PO&nbsp;Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214-0930.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) agents have arrested a Richland County convenience store owner and charged him with three counts of tax evasion. Amitkmar Vinubhai Gohel, 45, of Columbia, reported a total of $293,149 in sales for 2017 through 2019 for his two stores, though the actual sales were<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/15\/richland-convenience-store-owner-arrested-for-tax-evasion\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44],"tags":[80],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-2747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-public-safety","tag-crime"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/handcuffs.png?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}