California Restaurateur Using Tax Zappers Gets 2-Year Sentence

The owner of restaurants in Los Angeles and San Francisco was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for evading sales and payroll tax using sales suppression software, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said.

Chaturonk Ngamary Jr., one of the owners of multiple Thai Original BBQ restaurants has also paid $1.5 million in restitution to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, Employment Development Department, and several insurance carriers. His 2020 guilty plea included a white collar crime enhancement for multiple felonies.

• Ngamary’s father was also charged ...