Local restaurateur gets prison time for filing false tax returns

The former owner of two restaurants in Massachusetts has been sentenced to federal prison for filing false tax returns and failing to report more than $3.5 million to the IRS.

Remigijus Mikelenas, 55, of Gilford, New Hampshire, formerly of Canton, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leah Foley said in a statement on Wednesday. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin handed down his sentence.

Mikelenas was also ordered to pay more than $800,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service and more than $100,000 in restitution to the state of Massachusetts…

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