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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Guerra was also ordered to complete 100 hours of community service. (Shutterstock)
GREENWICH, CT Leonard C. Boyle, the acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced on Wednesday that James G. Guerra was sentenced to three years of probation for his role in a tax scheme involving several Connecticut and New York pizzerias.
Guerra, 59, of Dix Hills, N.Y., must spend the first two months of his sentence in home confinement for the federal tax offense, according to a news release. Judge Victor A. Bolden also ordered Guerra to perform 100 hours of community service.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Guerra worked as an accountant for Bruno DiFabio, an owner of several pizza restaurants in Connecticut and New York, including ReNapoli Pizza, in Old Greenwich; Amore Cucina and Bar in Stamford; Pinocchio Pizza in New Canaan, Wilton, and Pound Ridge, N.Y.; and Amore Pizza in Scarsdale, N.Y.
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that James G. Guerra of Dix Hills, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to three years of probation, the first two months of which Guerra must spend in home confinement, for a felony tax offense. Judge Bolden also ordered Guerra to perform 100 hours of community service.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Guerra worked as an accountant for Bruno DiFabio, an owner of several pizza restaurants in Connecticut and New York, including Pinocchio Pizza LLC, doing business as Pinocchio Pizza in New Canaan, Connecticut; Top Oven Restaurant Corp., doing business as Pinocchio Pizza in Wilton, Connecticut; DiFabio Brothers Pizza Corp., doing business as Amore Pizza in Scarsdale, New York; Odell Pizza, Inc., doing business as Amore Cucina and Bar in Stamford, Connecticut; Nepperhan Restaurants Group, Inc., doing business as ReNapoli Pizz
UpdatedThu, May 20, 2021 at 10:56 am ET
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Guerra was also ordered to complete 100 hours of community service. (Shutterstock)
STAMFORD, CT Leonard C. Boyle, the acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced on Wednesday that James G. Guerra was sentenced to three years of probation for his role in a tax scheme involving several Connecticut and New York pizzerias.
Guerra, 59, of Dix Hills, N.Y., must spend the first two months of his sentence in home confinement for the federal tax offense, according to a news release. Judge Victor A. Bolden also ordered Guerra to perform 100 hours of community service.
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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.