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Iberia Tavern
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Co-Owner Of Two Of Ironbound's Most Popular Portuguese Restaurants Admits $715,780 Tax Fraud
A former 50% owner of two of the most popular Portuguese restaurants in Newark's Ironbound admitted that he cheated the IRS out of $715,780 by paying employees under the table, authorities said. Jorge Fernandes, 76, of West Orange, sold the Iberia Tavern and Iberia Peninsula to a developer for a combined $40 million and closed both restaurants in June amid what turned out to be a federal investigation. Fernandes "was fully aware of his legal obligation to collect payroll taxes from the restaurants’ employees," U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said, "but instead pa…