SEATTLE — A Bellevue restaurant owner is charged on suspicion of hiding sales and avoiding taxes amounting to about $395,000.
The Seattle Times reported the state attorney general filed charges against Yu-Ling Wong, who is the majority owner of Taiwanese restaurant Facing East. Her attorney says he is preparing to defend his client.
Auditors noticed lower-than-normal cash sales during a routine examination of the company’s tax returns from 2010 to 2013.
Wong faces charges of theft, unlawful use of sales-suppression software and filing false tax returns. Investigators say she told them she used a USB drive containing software that deleted sales.
She also told officials she was worried about community backlash for explaining the software that many restaurants use.
Sales-suppression software is illegal to use or possess in Washington.
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