HAMPTON — A Hampton man who owned restaurants in Massachusetts and Seabrook was sentenced to one year and one day in jail for defrauding the IRS and the Massachusetts Department of Revenue over six years.
John Drivas, 66, of Hampton, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court on five counts of failure to collect and pay employment taxes owed to the IRS and four counts of wire fraud for state meals taxes he collected from restaurant customers but failed to pay to the state Department of Revenue.
In addition to the jail sentence, Drivas was also ordered to pay restitution of just under $1.6 million to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, $439,341 to the IRS, and a $20,000 fine…