Judge Sentences Tax Evading Pizzeria Owner to Give Free Pies to the Poor

A Buffalo, N.Y., pizzeria owner who failed to pay New York State over $100,000 in sales taxes has been ordered by a judge to deliver 12 free pies a week to a local charity that serves the poor.

Joseph Jacobbi, owner of Casa-Di-Pizza, has repaid $51,000 of the $104,295.31 tax debt so far, handing over a $25,000 check when he pleaded guilty on Monday, according to the Buffalo News.

To avoid a jail term, he agreed to repay the rest of the sales taxes that he failed to pay between March 2004 and May 2008, and deliver a dozen sheet pizzas a week for the next year to the Buffalo City Mission.

“I will leave the choice of toppings up to you,” State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia told the pizzeria owner. Jacobbi did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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