First Charges Under Minnesota Anti-Zapper Law

On August 25th the first individual, Hailong Li of New Hyde Park, N.Y., was charged with two counts of false or fraudulent sales tax returns and one count of manufacturing and providing sales suppression devices in contravention of Minnesota’s anti-zapper law.

Li designed and made use of the “Happy World” sales suppression program, helping restaurants in Burnsville and Duluth, Minnesota to suppress sales for purposes of sales tax evasion.

Li admitted to developing the software, but indicated he did not provide it to anyone.

The full press release from the Minnesota Department of Revenue is available here.