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Merrick Business Owner Sentenced For Hiding Income, 'Off-Books' Payrolls, More Merrick Business Owner Sentenced For Hiding Income, 'Off-Books' Payrolls, More
Merrick Business Owner Sentenced For Hiding Income, 'Off-Books' Payrolls, More A Long Island woman must pay hundreds of thousands of dollars of restitution and spend over two years behind bars after she filed false tax returns, hid money from the government, and more, officials said. Lorraine Pilitz, age 65 of Merrick, received her 33-month sentence and orders for restitution on Friday, Jan. 19, the United States Attorney’s Office Eastern District of New York announced. Pilitz was the owner and operator of several car-related businesses on Long Island at the time of the crimes, which happened between 2011 and 2013, the USAO said. The IRS requires that financial in…

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Ex-Owner Of Long Island Commercial Check Cashing Companies Sentenced For $9.5M Fraud Scheme Ex-Owner Of Long Island Commercial Check Cashing Companies Sentenced For $9.5M Fraud Scheme
Ex-Owner Of Long Island Commercial Check Cashing Companies Sentenced For $9.5M Fraud Scheme The former owner of several check cashing businesses in New York is heading to federal prison after admitting to a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme. Long Island resident John Drago, age 58, of Central Islip, was sentenced to four years behind bars Friday, Oct. 21, in federal court in Central Islip. It followed his September 2021 guilty plea to fraud charges, in which he admitted to illegally structuring financial transactions and evading payroll taxes at several of his Long Island businesses. Federal prosecutors said between January 2010 and October 2013, Drago told employees to cash multi…

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by Michael Mashburn