Owner of popular pizza chain sentenced in tax fraud case

CAMDEN, N.J. — The owners of a popular Jersey shore pizza restaurant chain were sentenced Friday for evading taxes and lying to the IRS.

Manco & Manco Pizza owner Charles Bangle was sentenced in federal court in Camden to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release. His wife, Mary, was sentenced to three years of probation and a $3,000 fine.

Charles Bangle was also ordered to pay $248,560 in restitution and a $5,000 fine.

Charles Bangle pleaded guilty in July 2015 to evading taxes on his 2011 tax returns and structuring financial transactions to avoid reporting requirements. Mary Bangle pleaded guilty to knowingly making materially false statements to the IRS.

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