The owner of the famous vegan restaurant in New York was imprisoned
'22.06.2017'
Source: New York Post
On Wednesday, June 21, the owner of the famous vegan restaurant in New York Pure Food and Wine Sarm Melngailis was handcuffed in a courtroom in Brooklyn. Guilty of tax fraud, theft and fraud put in jail Rikers Island. She will stay there for four months.
Sarma is an adherent of a vegetarian lifestyle. Her restaurant in Manhattan was very popular with Hollywood stars. Therefore, a big surprise for many was the news in 2016 that she and her husband were arrested while ordering pizza in Domino's Pizza.
During a short meeting, the judge of the Supreme Court of Brooklyn, Danny Chan, said that Sarma is already 6 October will be released. She will also have to pay about 1,3 million dollars to investors and employees with whom she entered unfairly.
By the way, the woman claims that the unfortunate order of pizza was made by her husband, Anthony Strangis. He blames him for all his troubles. In turn, Strangis was released in May after pleading guilty to theft charges and spent a year behind bars. According to him, Melngailis played a major role in the scheme of fraud.
According to the authorities, Melngailis and her husband are accused of stealing 844 000 dollars from investors, failing to pay 400 000 dollars of tax, as well as more 40 000 dollars of employees.
