BOSTON – The former owner of the Myriad Ballroom in Mendon, Mass., was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Worcester for tax fraud.
Jon “Eddie” Rouleau, 63, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to one year of probation and ordered to pay a fine of $3,000. In October 2016, Rouleau pleaded guilty to one count of intentionally aiding in the preparation of a false tax return. Rouleau also paid $103,107 in restitution to the IRS and a civil fraud penalty of $59,494.
Rouleau and his father owned and operated the Myriad Ballroom for decades until he sold the business and property in 2014. The investigation was initiated in 2013 when Rouleau advertised the Myriad Ballroom for sale. Rouleau told the agents, who posed as potential buyers, that the annual gross receipts and profits of the ballroom were significantly greater than reported on the ballroom’s tax returns, including the gross receipts and profit reported in 2012.
Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation in Boston, made announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg A. Friedholm of Weinreb’s Worcester Branch Office prosecuted the case.