NC restaurant involved in embezzling state funds, owner pleads guilty, officials say

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A business owner based in North Carolina pleaded guilty on Monday to embezzling state funds in order to help his restaurant,...

March 27, 2023
11:44 PM

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A business owner based in North Carolina pleaded guilty on Monday to embezzling state funds in order to help his restaurant, according to the N.C. Department of Revenue. Charles Joseph Pippa was sentenced on three counts of aid and abet embezzlement of state property. According to court documents, Pippa, president of Pippa's Café in Concord, helped the business embezzle, misapply and convert to its own use about $139,977 in North Carolina sales tax between Feb. 2017 to Dec.

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