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DiFabio is required to report to prison on July 12, 2021. (Shutterstock)
STAMFORD, CT A Ridgefield man who owns several pizzerias in Stamford and Greenwich, as well as in Westchester, N.Y., was sentenced to 30 days in prison for a federal tax offense, the U.S. Attorney s Office for the District of Connecticut announced on Thursday. The sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release.
Bruno DiFabio, 51, has various ownership interests in pizza restaurants throughout Connecticut and New York: Amore Cucina and Bar in Stamford; ReNapoli Pizza, in Old Greenwich; Pinocchio Pizza in New Canaan, Wilton, and Pound Ridge, N.Y.; and Amore Pizza in Scarsdale, N.Y.;
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A nationally known celebrity chef known as “Lord of the Pies” who owns restaurants in Westchester and Fairfield counties will spend time behind bars after admitting to not paying taxes.
Bruno DiFabio, age 51, of Ridgefield, was sentenced on Thursday, May 6 to 30 days in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to a federal tax offense in 2018.
Specifically, DiFabio pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to file false income tax returns and payroll tax returns.
Currently, DiFabio has ownership interests in several pizza restaurants in Connecticut and New York, including:
Pinocchio Pizza LLC, doing business as Pinocchio Pizza in New Canaan;
Pizza chef Bruno DiFabio gets prison time for tax evasion
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Bruno DiFabio, a celebrity pizza chef who owns restaurants in Connecticut and New York, was sentenced to 30 days in prison Thursday for tax evasion.
DiFabio, 51, known as “Lord of the Pies” and for appearing on “Chopped” and other TV shows, was sentenced in federal court in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was ordered to report to prison on July 12 and remains free on $100,000 bail.
Federal prosecutors said DiFabio, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, schemed with others to hide income from the restaurants, resulting in a more than $800,000 loss in tax revenue to the federal government. He pleaded guilty in 2018 to conspiracy to file false income tax returns and false payroll tax returns.
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A nationally known celebrity chef known as “Lord of the Pies” who owns restaurants in Westchester and Fairfield counties will spend time behind bars after admitting to not paying taxes.
Bruno DiFabio, age 51, of Ridgefield, was sentenced on Thursday, May 6 to 30 days in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to a federal tax offense in 2018.
Specifically, DiFabio pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to file false income tax returns and payroll tax returns.
Currently, DiFabio has ownership interests in several pizza restaurants in Connecticut and New York, including:
Pinocchio Pizza LLC, doing business as Pinocchio Pizza in New Canaan;
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A nationally known celebrity chef known as “Lord of the Pies” who owns restaurants in Westchester and Fairfield counties will spend time behind bars after admitting to not paying taxes.
Bruno DiFabio, age 51, of Ridgefield, was sentenced on Thursday, May 6 to 30 days in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to a federal tax offense in 2018.
Specifically, DiFabio pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to file false income tax returns and payroll tax returns.
Currently, DiFabio has ownership interests in several pizza restaurants in Connecticut and New York, including:
Pinocchio Pizza LLC, doing business as Pinocchio Pizza in New Canaan;