Ambler restaurant owner admits to bilking COVID bailout programs out of nearly $1 million after her business closed

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Giuseppina Leone, former owner of Ristorante San Marco on Bethlehem Pike, faces possible prison time after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges Thursday.

Ambler restaurant owner admits to bilking COVID bailout programs out of nearly $1 million after her business closed

“Is everything you’ve said today the truth?” U.S. District Judge Gerald A. McHugh asked Leone during a hearing Thursday in federal court in Philadelphia. Leone, seated quietly next to her lawyer, responded with a simple “yes.” Leon’s attorney, Michael J. Engle, said in court that his client did not strike a plea deal with prosecutors but wanted to admit her guilt and face the consequences as quickly as possible anyway.

Though that sale wasn’t finalized until more than a year later, the restaurant announced in March 2020 that the pandemic would force its temporary closure and the suspension of takeout service.

 

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