Owner of Stoughton restaurant faces prison, hefty restitutions for cash wage tax scheme

A Massachusetts restaurant owner will plead guilty to evading $580,000 in federal and state employment taxes for paying employees “under the table” for seven years, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Marios Michalakis, 44, agreed to a plea deal last week to resolve six charges of failing to collect, report, or pay employment taxes to the IRS, and will have a plea hearing on Sept. 6, records show.

Michalakis is the owner of Amelia’s, an Italian restaurant in Stoughton, and the former operator of Sofia Italian Steakhouse in West Roxbury, which closed in 2024 according to media reports…

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