Ex-NJ Business Owner From Brooklyn Admits Ducking Taxes On $4.1M Company Buyout Ex-NJ Business Owner From Brooklyn Admits Ducking Taxes On $4.1M Company Buyout
Ex-NJ Business Owner From Brooklyn Admits Ducking Taxes On $4.1M Company Buyout UPDATE: A former New Jersey business owner admitted short-changing the IRS by $1.1 million after selling his stock to the company. David Seruya, 42, of Brooklyn sold his shares to the Edison-based home-warranty company for more than $4.1 million in a 2014 buyout, federal authorities said. The deal included a lump sum payment and installment payments spread out over 24 months, according to the U.S. Justice Department. On three straight tax returns, from 2014 through 2016, Seruya gave his return preparer “false and incomplete income information,” underreporting the income he received from th…
70-Something Brothers Who Owned Popular Jersey Shore Pizzeria Face Sentencing For Lying To IRS 70-Something Brothers Who Owned Popular Jersey Shore Pizzeria Face Sentencing For Lying To IRS
70-Something Brothers Who Owned Popular Jersey Shore Pizzeria Face Sentencing For Lying To IRS UPDATE: The saga of two brothers in their 70s who got caught paying the employees of their popular Jersey Shore pizzeria under the proverbial table is nearing its end. The once-proud co-owners of Mario's Pizzeria in Ocean City, Giuseppe "Joe" Cannuscio, 74, and Ernesto Cannuscio, 70, are scheduled to be sentenced for tax evasion this fall. Both men took deals from the government rather than risk trial, pleading guilty in federal court in Camden to conspiring to evade taxes within a couple weeks of one another. Employees at Mario's, which was founded in 1977, were paid off the books over th…
CPA From Passaic County Admits Scheme To Hide $150,000 From IRS CPA From Passaic County Admits Scheme To Hide $150,000 From IRS
CPA From Passaic County Admits Scheme To Hide $150,000 From IRS A CPA from Passaic County admitted trying to hide $150,000 from the taxman with a little help from a friend. His unidentified pal compensated William Kawam, 57, of Hewitt, for his accounting services by giving him a credit card belonging to one of the friend’s businesses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Kawam racked up $146,605 in charges from 2015 through 2017 that neither he nor his friend reported, Sellinger said. The scheme shortchanged the Internal Revenue Service by $54,400, he said. Kawam, a former partner at SKC & Co. LLC in Boonton, took a deal from the government rat…
GUILTY: Sussex County Diner Owner Failed To Pay Thousands In Taxes, IRS Says GUILTY: Sussex County Diner Owner Failed To Pay Thousands In Taxes, IRS Says
Guilty: Sussex County Diner Owner Failed To Pay Thousands In Taxes, IRS Says The owner of a Sussex County diner admitted in court to evading taxes, authorities announced. Newton resident Dimitrios Protogeropoulos, 60, pleaded guilty via video conference to one count of personal income tax evasion for the 2016 tax year, according to a release from the IRS. Protogeropoulos, who owns The Hampton Diner in Newton, admitted to “skimming” a large portion of the restaurant’s cash receipts for personal use, authorities said. He also paid certain restaurant workers using cash in order to avoid paying personal income taxes. Protogeropoulos admitted that he neglected to repor…
Bean Counter Who Embezzled Hundreds Of Thousands From Bergen Tour Company Sentenced Bean Counter Who Embezzled Hundreds Of Thousands From Bergen Tour Company Sentenced
Bean Counter Who Embezzled Hundreds Of Thousands From Bergen Tour Company Sentenced An accountant from Lyndhurst was sentenced to a plea-bargained 21 months in federal prison for her role in embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a guided tour company she worked for. Ruby Baroni, 55, took a deal from the government rather than face trial – the same as her former manager, Estela Laluf, 76, of River Edge. Laluf was sentenced in April to an agreed-upon 27 months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Julien Xavier Neals sentenced Baroni on Thursday to two years of supervised release and ordered her to pay $295,297 in restitution. Between 2010 and 2016, she and Lal…
NYC Businessman Indicted For Evading Taxes From $4.1M NJ Company Buyout NYC Businessman Indicted For Evading Taxes From $4.1M NJ Company Buyout
NYC Businessman Indicted For Evading Taxes From $4.1M NJ Company Buyout A shareholder with a New Jersey-based home warranty company ducked more than $250,000 in taxes from the sale of his stock, federal authorities charged. In exchange for his shares, the Edison company agreed to pay David Seruya, 42, of Brooklyn more than $4.1 million, the Justice Department said. The deal included a lump sum payment and installment payments spread out over 24 months, federal authorities said. On three straight tax returns, from 2014 through 2016, Seruya gave his return preparer “false and incomplete income information,” underreporting the income he received from the sale, a…
College Sex Cult Leader Larry Ray Of NJ Found Guilty On All Charges College Sex Cult Leader Larry Ray Of NJ Found Guilty On All Charges
College Sex Cult Leader Larry Ray Of NJ Found Guilty On All Charges The New Jersey man who ran a sex cult out of his daughter's dorm room will face life in prison after being found guilty by a jury of sexually exploiting and trafficking girls. Larry Ray, 62 — who was arrested at his home in Piscataway — was found guilty of 15 counts that include racketeering, sex trafficking, conspiracy, forced labor, extortion, tax evasion, and other crimes in relation to his scheme following multiple delays in his trial and prosecution. The jury deliberated for less than four hours before returning the guilty verdict. “Twelve years ago, Larry Ray moved into his…
Former Bergen Pilates Entrepreneur, Hospital Philanthropist Dies In Florida Former Bergen Pilates Entrepreneur, Hospital Philanthropist Dies In Florida
Former Bergen Pilates Entrepreneur, Hospital Philanthropist Dies In Florida A funeral service is scheduled this weekend for a former Bergen County fitness entrepreneur and hospital philanthropist who died suddenly at her Florida home. The circumstances surrounding the death of Nanci Perle Kushner on Monday, March 21, haven’t been made public. Previously from Cresskill, the 56-year-old New York native had been living in Boca Raton, FL, records show. Kusher received a bachelor’s degree in retail and marketing from Syracuse University and a master's in education from Fordham Graduate School before cultivating a love of exercise into the founding of NPK Pilates in Cr…
Former Rockland Owner Of Failed Nursing Homes In NJ, 11 Other States Charged In $39M Tax Dodge Former Rockland Owner Of Failed Nursing Homes In NJ, 11 Other States Charged In $39M Tax Dodge
Former Rockland Owner Of Failed Nursing Homes In NJ, 11 Other States Charged In $39M Tax Dodge An insurance broker from Rockland County who ran a failed nationwide network of nearly 100 nursing homes from an office over a Bergen County pizzeria ducked nearly $39 million in payroll taxes, a federal indictment unsealed on Monday alleges. Joseph Schwartz, 62, was arrested at his Suffern home last Thursday. A federal judge in Newark released him to home confinement hours later, with conditions, pending trial. Then came the unsealing announcement on Monday, also out of Newark. Schwartz’s Skyline Healthcare LLC amassed 95 nursing homes in 11 states nationwide in less than two years – incl…
State: Jersey Shore Chiropractor, 73, With Fraud History Files 261 Bogus Insurance Claims State: Jersey Shore Chiropractor, 73, With Fraud History Files 261 Bogus Insurance Claims
State: Jersey Shore Chiropractor, 73, With Fraud History Files 261 Bogus Insurance Claims A Bayonne-based chiropractor from the Jersey Shore with an insurance fraud conviction already on his record did it again, state authorities charged. Charles B. Boas, 73, of Matawan, got probation seven years ago after pleading guilty to collecting nearly $13,000 through bogus claims, records show. State officials announced Wednesday that they'd caught him in an even bigger scam -- this time involving hundreds of false submissions to Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield. A grand jury in Trenton indicted Boas on 261 counts involving health care claims fraud, theft by deception and tax evasions, Ac…
Real Pain In The Glass: NJ Window Firm Exec Gets 2 Years In Fed Pen For Stiffing IRS By $1.5M Real Pain In The Glass: NJ Window Firm Exec Gets 2 Years In Fed Pen For Stiffing IRS By $1.5M
Real Pain In The Glass: NJ Window Firm Exec Gets 2 Years In Fed Pen For Stiffing IRS By $1.5M UPDATE: A 73-year-old Morris County executive who admitted short-changing the government by $1.15 million on employment taxes was sentenced to a plea-bargained two years in federal prison. Stephen Walloga will have to serve just about all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. U. S. District Court Judge Stanley R. Chesler also ordered him to serve three years of supervised release and pay the full $1,150,487 in restitution. As vice president of the Rockaway-based Pain In The Glass window tinting company, Walloga was responsible for collecting, accountin…
Feds: Bean Counter Admits Embezzling Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars From Bergen Tour Company Feds: Bean Counter Admits Embezzling Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars From Bergen Tour Company
Feds: Bean Counter Admits Embezzling Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars From Bergen Tour Company Only a week after her former manager took a guilty plea in federal court, a Lyndhurst accountant admitted Monday that she helped embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars from the guided tour company they worked for. Ruby Baroni, 54, took a deal from the government rather than face trial – the same as Estela Laluf, 76, of River Edge, did last Monday, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Between 2010 and 2016, the pair conspired to write checks against the East Rutherford-based company’s bank accounts to cash, Honig said. Checks were also issued to actual company employees and co…