Long Island bakery owner pleads guilty to charge of hiring illegal aliens

Benjamin Borgognine, owner of Buttercooky bakeries, plead guilty to the charge in August. It is the same charge that Rep. Michael Grimm is fighting.

BY JOHN MARZULLI
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, October 17, 2014, 11:44 PM

Benjamin Borgognine, the owner of Buttercooky bakeries on Long Island pled guilty to the charge in August.

Indicted Rep. Michael Grimm may think he’s the only guy prosecuted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office for allegedly hiring illegal aliens to work in a restaurant — but he’s not.

Benjamin Borgognine, the owner of Buttercooky bakeries on Long Island pled guilty to the charge in August.

Defense lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman said the admission came as part of a larger investigation of failing to pay federal payroll taxes.

JOHN ROCA/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Rep. Michael Grimm, who is facing the same charge as well as a charge of evading taxes on more than $1 million in revenue from a health-food restaurant he owned, is due in court Tuesday to argue he is a target of a 'selective' prosecution.

Grimm, who is also charged with evading taxes on more than $1 million in revenue from a health-food restaurant he owned, is due in court Tuesday to argue he is a target of a “selective” prosecution.

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