The owner of a Boston area pizza chain who forced undocumented victims to work for him in grueling conditions, and under violent physical abuse and threats of deportation, has been sentenced to over eight years in prison.
He was convicted in a jury trial on three counts of forced labor and three counts of attempted forced labor in June.
The sentencing of Papantoniadis marks just the latest in a string of complaints over labor practices at his businesses.
In 2019, the business owners were ordered to pay more than $300,000 in back wages, according to NBC Boston.
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office said it received three complaints since 2019 against Stash’s Pizza, similarly over wage and hour violations.
Persons:
Stavros Papantoniadis, “ Papantoniadis, “, Papantoniadis, ” Papantoniadis, Carmine Lepore, ” Lepore, Joshua S, Levy, ” Levy, Stash’s Pizza, Stavros “ Steve ” Papantoniadis, Polyxeny “ Paulina ” Papantoniadis
Organizations:
U.S, Attorneys, District, NBC, United, NBC Boston, U.S . Department of Labor, Stash’s, Co, Weymouth Pizza Co, General’s
Locations:
Boston, pizzerias, Dorchester, Roslindale, Massachusetts, Norwood, United States, Norwell, Randolph, Weymouth, Wareham