Washington, DC - Attorney General Robert J. Spagnoletti announced today that Demetrios Anagnostiadis and Emanuel Anagnostiadis were sentenced by a Superior Court Judge this week as a result of a plea agreement with his Office. The father and son pled guilty to seven counts each of tax fraud violations.

From October 1997 until the business closed in 2003, Demetrios Anagnostiadis was the treasurer of Foxhall Gourmet of Georgetown, Inc. and his father Emanuel Anagnostiadis was the president. During that time, monthly sales taxes and yearly franchise taxes were not paid or filed. The criminal tax violations were discovered after a compliance check by the Office of Tax and Revenue.

"This case should send a warning to businesses that this Office takes seriously violations of the District's tax laws," said General Spagnoletti. "I will continue to work closely with the Office of Tax and Revenue to identify offenders."

Sales tax evasion represents theft from the District and potentially millions of dollars in lost revenue," said Sherryl Hobbs Newman, Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Tax and Revenue. "This is a serious concern that will not be tolerated. We are aggressively investigating and pursuing business tax scofflaws."

Forty-four year old Demetrios Anagnostiadis was sentenced to 14 days in jail. Seventy-five year old Emanuel Anagnostiadis was ordered to pay a $15,000 fine and placed on supervised probation for 14 months. As part of the agreement between the Attorney General and the defendants, Associate Judge A. Franklin Burgess, Jr. ordered both men to pay full restitution of $430,179.75 in back taxes, interest and penalties by June 1, 2006. The corporation, Foxhall Gourmet of Georgetown, Inc., also pled guilty to seven counts of tax fraud pursuant to the plea agreement and was fined.