Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
Remigijus Mikelenas, a 55-year-old former resident of Canton, Massachusetts and current resident of Gilford, New Hampshire, was sentenced in federal court in Boston for filing false tax returns. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin handed down a sentence of one year and one day in prison, followed by one year of supervised release. Mikelenas is required to pay over $800,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and more than $100,000 to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Mikelenas previously owned a café and a juice bar in Canton. According to authorities, between 2012 and 2020 he failed to report more than $3.5 million in gross receipts from his businesses to the IRS. This resulted in an unpaid federal income tax liability exceeding $820,000.
In August 2024, Mikelenas was arrested and charged with three counts of filing false tax returns. During the investigation, he admitted to an undercover agent—who posed as a potential buyer—that he routinely underreported his business earnings to the IRS. He also provided the agent with records showing the actual financial activity of his businesses. At that meeting, Mikelenas asked if the agent worked for the IRS and stated: “If I get caught, I’ll be screwed.”
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley commented on the sentencing alongside Thomas Demeo, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation for Boston Field Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin A. Saltzman prosecuted the case.
