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Smoke Shops In Greenburgh Nabbed For Selling Pot, Banned Products To Minors: Police
After a month-long investigation, multiple vape and smoke shops in Westchester County have been caught illegally selling products to underage people, as well as selling banned products, police said.
The investigation, which started in October 2022, was conducted on multiple smoke shops in the town of Greenburgh that concerned the sale of "vape, tobacco and THC products" to people under 21, as well as the sale and possession of untaxed cigarettes, marijuana, and banned synthetic cannabinoids products, according to Greenburgh Police.
As a result of the investigation into the store…
Tax Preparer In Westchester Sentenced For Fraud For Second Time
A tax preparer in Northern Westchester will avoid jail time after admitting to tax fraud earlier this year.
Steve Sabba, 61, of Yorktown Heights, and his company, Tax Pro Financial Network, Inc. was sentenced after pleading guilty in February to multiple charges of criminal tax fraud, felonies.
Sabba has been sentenced to five years’ probation, during which he will be monitored by an authorized tax professional in the preparation of tax returns. He’s also made restitution of $25,270 to the IRS, $7,717 of which will be paid to Synchrony Bank.
Tax Pro was sentenced to a three-year conditiona…
Worker At Northern Westchester Smoke Shop Busted For Drugs
An anonymous tip led police to bust an employee at a Northern Westchester smoke shop for selling concentrated cannabis in vape pens, according to Croton-on-Hudson Police.
Mohammad Noffal, 22, of Yonkers, was arrested and Tuesday around 6:30 p.m., at the Smoke, Tobacco, and Cigars at 50 Maple St., Croton-on-Hudson police said.
The department began investigating the store, with help from the Westchester Heroin and Opiate Task Force for about three weeks after receiving an anonymous tip that a store employee was selling vape pen cartridges with concentrated cannabis, the department said.
Foll…
Middletown Man Sent To Prison For Tax Fraud
A Middletown man was sentenced to 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years in prison, plus ordered to pay more than $58,000 in restitution for tax fraud, according to Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler.
Francisco Velez, 43, who was sentenced Monday, pleaded guilty in December 2016 to criminal tax fraud, admitting to the court that he failed to turn over sales and excise taxes due from his Middletown cigar store. He also never paid state or his personal income tax, the DA's office said.
In total, he owes $58,948.77 in taxes of which he was required to pay $25,000 on Monday.
Velez, the owner of O…
Orange County Businessman Pleads Guilty To Underreporting Income By $1M
A 59-year-old Orange County business owner pleaded guilty to felony tax fraud for underreporting his income by $1,086,654, according to Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler.
Courtesy Maintenance, Inc., a Bronx-based commercial cleaning company owned by Alvaro Merino of Cornwall, pleaded guilty to evading taxes in the amount of $188,579, the DA's office said.
As part of a plea agreement, the corporation and Merino are required to pay all the outstanding taxes on or before March 8, the date he will be sentenced, Hoovler said.
Merino also pleaded guilty in the Town of Cornwall Co…
