STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 55-year-old former Staten Islander embezzled nearly $2.5 million from a celebrity restaurant in Midtown Manhattan where she worked, prosecutors allege.

Lori Jakubowski allegedly committed money laundering when she used some of the funds stolen from Fresco by Scotto to buy a home in Pennsylvania.

Rosanna Scotto, anchor of Fox 5’s Good Day New York, and her children, Jenn and LJ Ruggiero, are listed as owners on the website for the Italian-inspired eatery at 34 E. 52nd Street.

Jakubowski, who lives on Arlington Street in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was arraigned on Wednesday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan on a four-count indictment. Prosecutors allege that Jakubowski used various schemes to steal $2,485,779.79 from the restaurant over about seven years starting i

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