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FOR RELEASE:
IMMEDIATE, Monday
March 01, 2010
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Acting Commissioner Jamie Woodward and Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced today that Steven M. Pordy, a New York State licensed certified public accountant with an office in White Plains, has been found guilty of aiding the owner of a New City restaurant to steal more than $170,000 in state and county sales taxes that had been collected from the restaurant’s customers.
Pordy, 57, who resides at 14 Old Orchard Road in Rye Brook, was convicted February 19 before State Supreme Court Judge William Nelson of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class C felony; Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree, a class E felony; two counts of Aiding or Assisting in the Giving of Fraudulent Returns, a class E felony; and, seven counts of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, a class E felony.
Pordy conspired with Varaporn Shoberg, 54, of 94 Branchwood Lane, Nanuet, to steal $170,742 in New York State and county sales taxes by preparing false sales tax returns for a restaurant owned and operated by Shoberg’s company, NVR Food Inc. NVR Food Inc. operates a Thai restaurant known as Lemongrass, located at 191-195 South Main Street, New City.
Pordy prepared sales tax returns for the restaurant from 2002 to March 2008, in which he knowingly failed to report $2,108,655 in taxable sales. Pordy also knowingly prepared and filed false personal income tax returns for Shoberg for tax years 2005 and 2006.
According to evidence presented at trial, after Shoberg signed a cooperation agreement, three recorded conversations with Pordy took place – one in person and two telephone conversations. Investigators from the Tax Department and the Rockland County District Attorney’s office then executed a search warrant at Pordy's office.
Shoberg agreed to plea to Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, a class E felony.
Pordy faces up to 15 years in prison and has been remanded without bail to the Rockland County Jail until his sentencing which is scheduled for April 6. The Tax Department will be seeking an order holding Pordy liable, jointly and severally, with Shoberg, for $170,000 in sales tax that was collected and never remitted.
Acting Commissioner Woodward said, “This case is part of the Tax Department’s statewide investigation of corrupt tax preparers who use their specialized training and knowledge to become ‘fraud coaches,’ helping clients criminally evade their tax obligations. This defendant betrayed his license and his profession when he helped this restaurant cheat its customers and steal the sales tax dollars they had paid. Like all accomplices, he will be held accountable for the crimes he helped his partners-in-crime commit.
“Together with dedicated and concerned prosecutors like Rockland District Attorney Zugibe, we are using enforcement techniques to investigate dozens of fraudulent preparers across the state and I anticipate that more criminal cases will be announced as our investigations conclude. I thank District Attorney Zugibe for his willingness to become part of this project, for his support in this investigation and for his aggressive prosecution of this case.”
District Attorney Zugibe said, “This is a crime against all honest taxpayers. They are clearly the victims of this crime. I hope this sends a message to all tax-cheats in Rockland County that you will be prosecuted.”
Acting Commissioner Woodward added, “Anyone who has filed an inaccurate or false return should consider participating in the Department’s Voluntary Disclosure Program which provides eligible taxpayers who voluntarily disclose and pay past tax liabilities with protection from criminal and civil penalties. Information about the program is available at the Department’s website, www.nystax.gov.”
Pursuant to a new law enacted in April 2009, this case was one of the first tried by a senior Rockland County Assistant District Attorney along with an attorney from the Tax Department who was cross-designated as a special Assistant District Attorney.
Link: http://www.tax.state.ny.us/press/2010/pordy030110.htm
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