Pizza operator convicted of tax evasion

BOSTON — A Winchester, Mass., man pleaded guilty in federal court to evading taxes and filing false tax returns in connection with the operation of his pizza shop.

 

The U.S. Attorney's office along with the IRS announced that Konstantinos Kombouras, 55, was charged with tax evasion and filing false tax returns.

 

According to a news release, as early as 1999, Kombouras skimmed cash receipts from the register of his business, Andrea's Pizza, in Stoneham, Mass., and deposited the cash into his personal checking account. Kombouras did not report these cash receipts on his personal income tax returns, nor on the corporate tax returns for Andrea's Pizza.

 

The pizza operator faces up to five years' imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and a $100,000 fine.