Quincy man charged with four felonies for theft, sales tax evasion in role as manager at Fuji

QUINCY — A Quincy man has been charged with four felonies after his arrest Thursday afternoon.

The Illinois Department of Revenue’s Criminal Investigation Bureau filed federal charges, and deputies with the U.S. Marshal’s office arrested I Wayan Edi Adnyana, 39. He has been charged with:

• Theft of government property, a Class X felony.
• Sales tax evasion, a Class 1 felony.
• Filing a fraudulent sales and use tax return, a Class 3 felony.
• Unlawful use of a sales suppression device, a Class 3 felony.

An Adams County grand jury indicted Adnyana on Thursday. The first count of the bill of indictment, filed in Adams County Circuit Clerk’s office, alleges Adnyana, as the manager of Fuji Sushi and Steak House at 5005 Broadway in Quincy, failed to remit the sales tax collection to the Illinois Department of Revenue on the 20^thday of the month from Dec. 26, 2018, to Sept. 20, 2021. 

If found guilty by a jury of theft of government property, Adnyana could be sentenced to between six and 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

The indictment also alleges: 

• Adnyana provided false figures to be used to prepare and file monthly sales and use tax returns on behalf of Fuji; 
• He used a sales suppression device to delete sales, which caused Fuji’s sales to be understated on its point of sales reports;
• He did not deposit cash in the State Street Bank account for Fuji to conceal taxable income;
• He used cash extensively in running Fuji to pay supplies and employees to conceal taxable income.

Adnyana is believed to have evaded more than $100,000 in tax. If found guilty by a jury of sales tax evasion, he could be sentenced to between four and 15 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

The indictment also alleges Adnyana filed a fraudulent sales and use tax return with the Illinois Department of Revenue in July 2021 in that he knowingly understated the amount listed on Line 4a of his tax return, which contained the total high rate sales for that month.

Adnyana also allegedly used an automated sales suppression device, also known as a “zapper,” to falsify electronic records of a point-of-sales system. The zapper deleted sales transactions, thereby allowing Adnyana to avoid reporting a portion of the monthly retail sales made at Fuji.

If a jury finds Adnyana guilty of filing a fraudulent sales and use tax return or unlawful use of a sales suppression device, he could be sentenced to between two and five years in prison.

“Our Criminal Investigations Bureau investigates violations of the Illinois Tax Act and related offenses,” said Maura Kownacki, a spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Revenue. “We cannot comment on ongoing investigations, or their existence, however.”

Adnyana made his first appearance in Adams County Circuit Court at 1:30 p.m. Friday before Judge Christopher Pratt.