Restaurant Owner Sentenced for 5-Year Fraud Scheme

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced one of the owners and operators of a Thai barbecue restaurant chain operating in Los Angeles and San Francisco received a two-year suspended sentence for a payroll and sales tax fraud scheme. Chaturonk Ngamary Jr., an owner of multiple Thai Original BBQ restaurants, failed to report to the state $7.5 million in sales and $2.9 million in wages from 2011 through 2016, Bonta’s office said in a statement. Ngamary was sentenced to two years in prison, which will be suspended if he successfully completes two years of probation and 180 days ...