Hearing set for RedBrick Pizza owner charged with 14 felony counts of fraud

A May 21 hearing is scheduled in Jasper County Circuit Court for Maaria Nyazee, 32, Champaign, Illinois, who is charged with 14 felony counts of failure to pay sales tax with intent to defraud.

Nyazee was formerly the franchise owner of RedBrick Pizza at Northpark Mal..

The probable cause statement from the Missouri Department of Revenue says Nyazee cheated the state out of $59,005.74 in sales tax and transferred money from the business account to her personal account.


She was bound over for trial in April.

The case is being heard by Judge Dean Dankelson after Nyazee made a motion for a change of judge. It had originally been assigned to Judge Gayle Crane.