Dix Hills Man Sentenced for Failure to Turn Over Sales Tax Funds

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said Tuesday  that Gerald McCrystal, 51, of Dix Hills, owner of Farmingdale-based furniture stores, was sentenced after pleading guilty to grand larceny for stealing sales tax money from New York State.

According to court documents and McCrystal’s admissions during his guilty plea allocution, between February 2008 to November 2015, McCrystal failed to report $8,979,157 in taxable sales from his Farmingdale-based businesses, including Levetz, Inc., Roma Fli Corporation, and Roma New York, Inc., resulting in $744,865 in stolen sales taxes.

He admitted to intentionally failing to remit funds collected on behalf of New York State.

Last week, McCrystal pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, a Class E felony, and was sentenced immediately thereafter. As a condition of his plea, MyCrystal was required to pay $745,000 in restitution.