article_snippet.sent: The owner of Mystic Pizza restaurant made famous in a 1988 movie has pleaded guilty to federal tax charges.
article_snippet.sent: The U.S. Attorney's Office says Mystic Pizza's 48-year-old owner John Zelepos faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to tax evasion and financial structuring offenses.
article_snippet.sent: The owner of the Mystic Pizza restaurant may also be forced to pay a $500,000 fine.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors said in a release that between 2006 and 2010, Mystic Pizza's 48-year-old owner John Zelepos diverted just over $567,000 from Mystic Pizzagross receipts into Mystic Pizza's 48-year-old owner John Zelepos personal bank accounts and those of family members.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors say Mystic Pizza's 48-year-old owner John Zelepos then filed false tax returns to hide the income.
article_snippet.sent: Owner: Mystic Pizza owner John Zelepos (seen here in 2008) has pleaded guilty to federal tax charges .
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors also said that Mystic Pizza's 48-year-old owner John Zelepos is going to forfeit funds Prosecutors put in accounts in an attempt to skip currency transaction reports (CTRs), which come to $522,658. '
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors said in the release that Mystic Pizza's 48-year-old owner John Zelepos made deposits 'ranging from $3,000 to $9,998 on sequential days or multiple cash deposits on the same day.'
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors said Mystic Pizza's 48-year-old owner John Zelepos made deposits under $10,000 on purpose to skip the reports.
article_snippet.sent: The famed 'Mystic Pizza' owner, John Zelepos, has pleaded guilty to tax evasion and financial structuring offenses .
article_snippet.sent: Mystic Pizza's 48-year-old owner John Zelepos will actually forfeit $459,573.51 since the IRS earlier seized $63,084.49, prosecutors said. '
highlights_snippet.sent: The U.S. Attorney's Office says Mystic Pizza's 48-year-old owner John Zelepos faces up to 15 years in prison .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Mystic Pizza's 48-year-old owner John Zelepos has pleaded guilty to tax evasion and financial structuring offenses .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Prosecutors between 2006 and 2010, Mystic Pizza's 48-year-old owner John Zelepos diverted just over $567,000 from Mystic Pizza's gross receipts .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Mystic Pizza's 48-year-old owner John Zelepos diverted the money into Mystic Pizza's 48-year-old owner John Zelepos personal bank accounts and those of family members, his personal bank accounts and those of family members said .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Prosecutors said Mystic Pizza's 48-year-old owner John Zelepos also made bank deposits under $10,000 to skip currency transaction reports filed by banks .
  