A former local exec is accused of cheating the IRS by getting paid more than $1.6 million in compensation and fringe benefits under the table.

Marlboro man Stephen Hochberg, 77 — who was an accounting and real estate executive in Sudbury — was recently charged by the feds. He has agreed to plead guilty to perpetrating the multi-year scheme.

Hochberg, who was previously convicted of wire fraud and securities fraud, is also accused of lying to the U.S. Attorney’s Office about his income to avoid paying restitution he owed to victims of the earlier fraud scheme.

According to the feds, Hochberg and his business partner Charles Katz agreed as early as 2014 to cheat the IRS.

They allegedly agreed that Hochberg — who was the director of corporate services at Katz’s accounting firm and the COO

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