Damien Ferreira, president of an auto parts retailers, has been fined $8,000 and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service, because the stores failed to file their state general excise tax returns.

The state Department of Taxation said Ferreira was the president of WMR Inc. and Wicked Machine Racing LLC, which pled no contest to charges of willful failure to file returns.
The Tax Department said the defendants were ordered to pay restitution of $74,737 and that WMR is to pay a fine of $9,000. Wicket Racing Machine and Ferreira were jointly ordered to pay $4,811, while another fine of $3,000 was levied on the company.