The trustee in Spice Modern Steakhouse’s bankruptcy case is asking the court to liquidate the Orlando restaurant after its third bankruptcy reorganization filing in seven years, the Orlando Sentinel reported on Saturday. Court documents filed in federal bankruptcy court in Orlando by the trustee said the company might have been involved in “criminal activity consisting of underreporting sales and the amount of sales tax due.” The documents say Spice Modern Steakhouse and parent company Level 1 Inc., owe $262,105 to Florida Department of Revenue for back sales-tax payments. That number has accumulated starting with the company’s first bankruptcy filing in 2009, court records show. The most recent bankruptcy reorganization petition was filed by Spice ownership in November. Read more.
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