Appleton restaurant owner convicted on income tax evasion charges

An Appleton restaurant owner reaches a plea deal with federal prosecutors on tax evasion charges. Paul Vanderlinden is convicted in Green Bay Federal Court on charges of Filing a False Income Tax Return and Failing to Collect Payroll Taxes. Vanderlinden skimmed an estimated $800,000 from his Muncheez Pizza business–putting the money in his personal accounts but failing to report the income to the I-R-S–and failing to withhold payroll taxes from some of his employees between 2012 and 2016. Vanderlinden faces up to eight years in prison when sentenced on July 7th.