CHICAGO — Illinois state Sen. Terry Link faces a federal charge of filing a false tax return, according to a charging document filed Thursday.
Link, a Democrat from Vernon Hills, is the latest state legislator to face public corruption charges.
The document says Link reported an income of $264,450 in 2016 “when defendant knew that the total income substantially exceeded that amount.” Link represents suburbs north of Chicago and first took office in 1997.
He didn't immediately return a request for comment.
The charge comes after several other state lawmakers were charged as a result of the federal government’s ongoing criminal investigations into public corruption.