Facebook photo of Carmine and Patricia Desanto
The defendant and his wife, a civilian employee of the Harrison Police Department, are also accused of repeatedly failing to file their tax returns
Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced that a New Rochelle accountant was arrested Wednesday by the District Attorney’s Law Enforcement Unit for allegedly stealing approximately $200,000 from a client.
Carmine Disanto, 59, was charged with Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class C felony, in connection with the alleged theft. Furthermore, Disanto was charged with two counts of Criminal Tax Fraud in the Third Degree, a class D felony, and one count of Repeated Failure to File, a class E felony, for allegedly repeatedly failing to file his state tax returns or remit the appropriate payment to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.
Disanto’s wife, Patricia Kruse Disanto, 57, of New Rochelle, was also arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts each of Repeated Failure to File and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, both class E felonies.
The couple were arraigned Wednesday before Judge Michelle Bernstein. Disanto is due back in court on Aug. 7, and Kruse Disanto is due back in court on July 26.
DA Cacace said: “A fraud perpetrated on the state is a fraud perpetrated against all of us. That one of the defendants is a public servant is a further affront to the rest of us in Westchester who dutifully pay our taxes each year. My office will work to ensure that the plumbing business allegedly defrauded by Mr. Disanto to the tune of $200,000 is made whole.”
As alleged in a felony complaint filed with the New Rochelle City Court, Disanto, an accountant, was hired by a plumbing business as a consultant. Disanto is accused of using his access to the business’ financial accounts to write unauthorized checks to himself totaling approximately $200,000.
Disanto also allegedly failed to file state tax returns or remit the appropriate payment to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance over a period of years, from 2021 to 2024. The defendant’s cumulative state tax liability for these years totaled $36,155.
According to a felony complaint filed with the New Rochelle City Court, Kruse Disanto, a civilian employee of the Harrison Police Department, failed to file state tax returns or remit the appropriate payment to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance over a period of years, from 2021 to 2024. The defendant’s cumulative state tax liability for these years totaled $1,633.
This case was investigated by the Economic Crimes Bureau, forensic accountant Michael Frenza, in addition to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance and the North Castle Police Department. The arrests were processed by the Law Enforcement Unit within the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Nicole Gamble, of the Economic Crimes Bureau.
