STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- There's no soup for you, but there could be some jail time for him.

Robert N. Bertrand, the chief financial officer of Soupman Inc., the Staten Island-based company which licenses the names and recipes of Al Yeganeh, the real-life "Soup Nazi" character from the classic "Seinfeld" TV series, was indicted Tuesday for alleged tax evasion, said authorities.

Bertrand, 62, a Connecticut resident, short-changed the government of nearly $600,000 in tax revenue, authorities said.

He was charged under a 20-count indictment with failure to pay Medicare, Social Security and federal income taxes, said Bridget M. Rohde, acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and James D. Robnett, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Division, New York Field Office.

Between 2010 and 2014, Bertrand paid Soupman workers on the side in unreported cash amounts and compensated certain employees with large, unreported stock awards, officials said.

Bertrand never reported that employee compensation to the IRS and didn't pay Medicare, Social Security and federal income taxes on the cash payments or the stock awards, said authorities.

Bertrand failed to do so despite an external auditor warning him in 2012 those payments should be reported to the IRS, officials said.

Soupman's unreported cash and stock compensation totaled more than $2.8 million, resulting in a loss of about $594,000 in tax revenue, said authorities.

"As alleged, the United States was fleeced out of more than half-a-million dollars through the defendant's corporate misdeeds," said Rohde in a statement. "Tax crimes like those alleged in the indictment hurt every American citizen."

Bertrand faces up to five years behind bars if ultimately convicted.

Authorities did not specify where in the borough Soupman Inc. was based. There previously was a Soupman franchise on Richmond Avenue in New Springville.

Bertrand was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon in Brooklyn federal court. His lawyer's name was not immediately available.