United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy | U.S. Department of Justice
A Massachusetts business owner has been sentenced to prison for a tax fraud scheme involving his two companies. Kenneth Marston, 67, from Hanson, was sentenced on January 3, 2025, by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani. He received a six-month prison term followed by 18 months of supervised release, with the first six months under home detention. Marston is also required to pay $101,791 in restitution.
In October 2024, Marston pleaded guilty to one count of failure to collect and pay over employment taxes. From 2015 through 2018, he owned and operated Bowmar Steel Industries, Inc., which focused on steel fabrication, and Teleconstructors, Inc., which provided installation services for cellular phone towers. During this period, Marston falsely classified his employees as independent contractors. This allowed him to avoid withholding employment taxes on more than $3.8 million in wages and resulted in the non-payment of $1 million owed to the Internal Revenue Service.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Thomas Demeo, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations in Boston. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney James R. Drabick of the Securities, Financial & Cyber Fraud Unit and Trial Attorney Mark McDonald of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
