Eagleville Man, Local Pizzeria Owner, Jailed For Tax Fraud: Feds

EAGLEVILLE, PA — A local pizzeria owner has been sentenced to two years in jail after paying his employees under the table and skimming cash for years.

Giuseppe "Pino" DiMeo, 51, of Eagleville, must also pay back $463,738 in restitution to the IRS after defrauding the government of tax money for six years, according to authorities.

DiMeo was the owner of Pizzeria DiMeo's on Henry Avenue in Roxborough, which was sold, DiMeo's Pizza of Lafayette Hilll, Allegro Pizza in Philadelphia, which is also closed; and DiMeo's Pizzaiuoli Napulitani of Wilmington, Delaware, which remains open.

From 2008 through 2014, DiMeo took cash from his restaurants and paid many of his employees in cash under the table, then hid his "cash skim" and the cash payroll payments from his accountant and from the IRS in order to evade payment of income and payroll taxes, according to authorities.

He also faces three yeras of probation following his release from prison.

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