Accountant for CT celebrity pizza chef gets probation in tax evasion case
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A pizza display at Lord of the Pies restaurant on Grigg Street in Greenwich, Conn. The restaurant s co-owner Bruno DiFabio, a six-time World Pizza Champion, was sentenced earlier this month to 30 days in prison in a tax evasion case. His accountant, James Guerra, was sentenced Wednesday, May 19, 2021, to three years probation.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
An accountant for pizza restaurants accused of knowing the owner was paying some employees in cash and not properly reporting income to the IRS will spend three years on probation for his role in the scheme, federal prosecutors said.
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Bruno DiFabio, an owner of Pinocchio Pizza in New Canaan and other area restaurants, has been sentenced to prison for a federal tax offense. (Shutterstock)
NEW CANAAN, CT A Ridgefield man who owns several pizzerias in New York and Connecticut, including one in New Canaan, was sentenced to prison Thursday for a federal tax offense.
Bruno DiFabio, 51, was sentenced to 30 days in prison followed by three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Leonard Boyle said in a news release.
According to court documents and statements made in court, DiFabio has had various ownership interests in several pizza restaurants in Connecticut and New York, including Pinocchio Pizza LLC, doing business as Pinocchio Pizza in New Canaan.
Owner of pizza shops in Greenwich, Stamford gets 30 days in prison for tax evasion scheme
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Amore Cucina & Bar in Stamford, Conn.Alexander Soule / Alexander Soule
A restaurateur who owns pizza shops in Stamford and Greenwich was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in federal prison for his part in a tax evasion scheme involving TV chef Bruno DiFabio
Steven Cioffi, who owned a stake in ReNapoli Pizza in Old Greenwich and Amore Cucina & Bar in Stamford, is also required to pay $122,177 plus an additional $100 in restitution to the government.
Cioffi, 35, pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the filing of a false tax return in the fall of 2018.