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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
FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2014 file photo, Bruno DiFabio displays a Margherita pizza at ReNapoli Pizzeria & Chicago Italian Beef in Old Greenwich, Conn. Celebrity pizza chef Bruno DiFabio has been sentenced to 30 days in prison for tax evasion. Known as âLord of the Pies,â DiFabio was sentenced Thursday, May 6, 2021 in federal court in Bridgeport, Connecticut. (Bob Luckey/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, File) May 06, 2021 - 2:27 PM
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.
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Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Steven Cioffi of Trumbull, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 30 days of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for a federal tax offense.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Cioffi owned 50 percent of Nepperhan Restaurants Group, Inc., doing business as ReNapoli Pizza, in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, and Pinocchio Pizza in Pound Ridge, New York. He also owned 25 percent of Odell Pizza, Inc., doing business as Amore Cucina and Bar in Stamford, Connecticut. Cioffi s business partner, Bruno DiFabio, owned the other interests in these entities, as well as other pizza restaurants.
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Cioffi owned 50 percent of Nepperhan Restaurants Group, Inc., doing business as ReNapoli Pizza in Old Greenwich and Pinocchio Pizza in Pound Ridge, New York, according to Acting U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Leonard Boyle. He also owned 25 percent of Odell Pizza, Inc., doing business as Amore Cucina & Bar in Stamford, Boyle said.
Cioffi s business partner, Bruno DiFabio, owned the other interests in these entities and other pizzerias, Boyle said.
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Cioffi and DiFabio admitted to removing cash from the restaurants cash registers and not depositing it into the restaurants bank account.