Ciprianis Guilty of Tax Evasion
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NEW YORK (AP) – Restaurateur Giuseppe Cipriani and his father pleaded guilty Tuesday to evading $10 million in state and city taxes.
Along with the famous Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, Cipriani operates Harry Cipriani downtown, Cipriani Dolci at Grand Central Terminal, and Cipriani 42nd Street.
Giuseppe and Arrigo Cipriani, along with their corporation, admitted in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court to knowingly filing falsified tax returns for 2003 and 2004.
On July 2, Dennis Pappas, a reputed mob money adviser who was vice president of Cipriani USA, was sentenced to prison for cheating Social Security and three insurance companies out of more than $1 million by filing false disability claims.
Both Ciprianis left the courtroom without speaking to reporters.
