
PERU — A Greenfield businessman who investigators say owned several Miami County mobile home communities between 2018 and 2022 is now facing four counts of tax evasion.
Those charges against the defendant, 66-year-old David M. Cogell, are all level 6 felonies and stem from an investigation that began in November 2023.
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