EDWARDSVILLE – An Edwardsville restaurant owner accused of filing false tax returns to avoid paying over $100,000 in sales taxes to the State of Illinois was recently indicted by a grand jury.Saran Puribhat, 54, of Belleville, was indicted on two counts of theft of governmental property over $100,000 (both Class X felonies), one count of sales tax evasion (a Class 1 felony), one count of wire fraud (a Class 3 felony) and 35 counts of fraudulent filings of sales tax returns (each Class 3 fe...