Kenneth Marston, a business owner from Hanson, Massachusetts, was sentenced to six months in prison last Friday, for a million-dollar tax fraud. After prison, he'll serve 18 months of supervised release and pay $101,791 in restitution. He pleaded guilty to failing to collect and pay employment taxes, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
From 2015 to 2018, Marston operated two businesses—Bowmar Steel Industries, Inc. and Teleconstructors, Inc.—which were involved in steel fabrication and cell tower installation. He avoided withholding employment taxes by wrongly classifying workers as independent contractors. This resulted in $1 million in unpaid taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani sentenced Marston to six months in prison and home detention for tax fraud. The case was prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy, IRS Agent Thomas Demeo, Assistant U.S. Attorney James R. Drabick, and Justice Department Attorney Mark McDonald, as stated by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
