Stephen L. Hochberg, Tax Evasion & Obstruction, Massachusetts 2026

Marlborough Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion & Obstruction

BOSTON – A former accounting and real estate executive in Sudbury pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to a multi-year scheme to cheat the Internal Revenue Service by getting paid more than $1.6 million in compensation and fringe benefits under the table, all while lying to the U.S. Attorney’s Office about his income to avoid paying restitution he owed to victims of an earlier fraud scheme.

Stephen L. Hochberg, 77, of Marlborough, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and to obstruction of justice. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing for April 6, 2026.

Hochberg was charged in December 2025. Hochberg and Charles D. Katz agreed in as early as 2014 to cheat the IRS. They agreed that Hochberg, who served as the Director of Corporate Services at Katz’s accounting firm and as Chief Operating Officer at Katz’s real estate firm, would be paid significant compensation off the books so that Hochberg would have tax-free income and so that Katz’s firms – CD Katz LLC and Gebsco Realty Corporation – would owe less employment taxes.

Over time, Katz paid Hochberg’s family, provided rent-free housing to Hochberg’s ex-wife, paid college tuition for his children and paid personal expenses that Hochberg and his ex-wife charged on corporate credit cards.

All told, Katz paid Hochberg at least $1,668,487 in unreported income and avoided taxes of at least $835,105.

Additionally, Hochberg was convicted of eight counts of wire fraud and nine counts of securities fraud in 2008 for which he was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison and ordered to pay $1,791,500 to his victims.

The charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. The charge of obstruction of justice provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of $250,000, restitution and forfeiture.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/former-executive-marlborough-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-defraud-irs-and-obstruction