BOSTON – Edward J. Tutunjian, who has owned and operated Boston Cab through his company, EJT Management, Inc., for more than four decades, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for payroll tax evasion, employing illegal aliens and for failing to pay overtime wages.

Tutunjian, 67, of Belmont, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to 20 months of probation, 18 months of which must be spent at Coolidge House, a community correctional facility in Boston.  Tutunjian was also ordered to pay a fine of at least $28,999 per year to cover the cost of his confinement, or up to 25% of his income over the 18-month period, whichever is greater.  Tutunjian already has paid $1,391,012 in restitution to the IRS for taxes, interest and penalties, and an additional $699,717 to the U.S. Department of Labor for distribution to employees for unpaid overtime wages.  Tutunjian’s company, EJT, was also placed on 20 months of probation for aiding and abetting EJT employees in fraudulently obtaining housing subsidies for which they were not entitled.  EJT has paid restitution of $219,307 to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

In August 2016, Tutunjian pleaded guilty to five counts of tax evasion, one count of employing illegal aliens and one count of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act for failing to pay overtime wages.  EJT Management, Inc. pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the theft of public money...