The record fails to support the People's argument that the court imposed a fine rather than restitution. Defendant agreed to make restitution to the Department of Taxation and Finance of the amount in question, but he made no statement to support that amount, as he only admitted in his plea allocution to evading $809,766 in taxes, and the record contains no basis for the award (see People v Consalvo,
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