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Nicholas Analitis, age 45, of Massapequa, was sentenced to three to seven years behind bars in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Oct. 5, after admitting to possessing multiple forged documents.
Analitis and his company, West Babylon-based Gorilla Contracting Group, LLC, were indicted in August 2021 for submitting fraudulent surety and performance bonds in an attempt to win public works contracts.
Among the several false bids was one in February 2021 for the Town of Islip’s MacArthur Airport runway construction.
Prosecutors also accused him of forging an individual’s name without their knowledge or consent to represent Gorilla Contracting as a minority- or woman-owned business in the Village of Babylon’s procurement process.
He was later awarded contracts with the Village of Babylon and West Islip School District where prosecutors said he failed to pay supplemental benefits to Laborers Local 1298 workers on both projects.
Analitis also lied about his company having an apprenticeship program with the union as part of his municipal bids.
“Forgery and fraudulent business activity are not victimless crimes,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney. “The kind of deceit that these defendants engaged in hurts the workers whose livelihoods depend on trusted business dealings.
“If you do business in Suffolk County, you have to pay your workers what they are entitled to and otherwise comply with the law.”
In March 2022, Analitis and Gorilla Contracting Group pleaded guilty to multiple counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument.
In addition to his time in prison, Analitis was ordered to pay more than $106,000 in restitution to Road and Heavy Construction Laborer’s Union Local 1298.
He must also pay more than $32,000 in restitution to the International Union of the Operating Engineers Local Union 138, 183A, and 138B.
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