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Owners of Jersey Shore Favorite Manco & Manco Pizza Sentenced in Tax Evasion Case

George Bangle gets 15 months in prison. Mary Bangle avoids prison time.

The owners of a beloved Jersey shore pizza restaurant chain were sentenced in their federal tax evasion case Friday.

Manco & Manco owner Charles Bangle was sentenced to 15 months in prison for tax evasion. His wife Mary Bangle was sentenced to three years probation and fined $3,000.

The couple pleaded guilty to tax evasion crimes in 2015. They were accused of stealing thousands of dollars between 2007 and 2011 by under reporting taxable income.[[414750783, C]]

Charles Bangle pleaded guilty to evading taxes and his wife admitted to knowingly making materially false statements to the IRS. George faces up to 10 years in prison and $500,000 in fines while Mary faces five years and a $250,000 fine.

Manco & Manco Pizza opened on the Ocean City Boardwalk (918 Boardwalk) in 1956. There are currently three locations on the boardwalk and a fourth location in nearby Somers Point. [[414500383, C]]

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