Owner of Boston-area pizza chain to appear in court on federal charge of forced labor

BOSTON (WHDH) - The owner of a pizza chain with multiple Boston-area locations is set to appear in court Monday on a federal forced labor charge am...

March 23, 2023
3:56 AM

BOSTON (WHDH) - The owner of a pizza chain with multiple Boston-area locations is set to appear in court Monday on a federal forced labor charge amid accusations that he abused an employee and threatened to report the employee's immigration status, according to the the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. Stavros Papantoniadis, 47, of Westwood owns Stash's Pizza with locations in Dorchester and Roslindale. Homeland Security investigators said Papantoniadis targeted employees who lacked immigration status.

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