PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The former owner of a Philadelphia pizza shop pleaded guilty to tax evasion on Tuesday, according to federal prosecutors.
Officials said Cihan Calkap, 42, of Drexel Hill avoided paying taxes while operating Mimmo’s Pizza and Kitchen along the 3000 block of West Allegheny Avenue between 2015 and 2019.
During that time, prosecutors said Calkap took cash from the business to pay himself and finance an off-the-books payroll for about two dozen employees…