Crime & Safety

Former North Bellmore Resident Indicted For Tax Crimes

Dominick Pannitti faces a maximum sentence of eight years in prison and a fine of up to $500,000.

Dominick Pannitti, formally of North Bellmore, was recently indicted with tax crimes, according to a report on eNews Park Forest.

Pannitti was head of operations at a securities brokerage firm in Syosset that had an automated system designed to adjust customers’ trading accounts for amounts less than $1,000. 

During 2005 and 2006, Pannitti allegedly used the automated system to credit his own trading accounts hundreds of times in increments less than $1,000 which totaled more than $570,000, according to the report.  

Pannitti failed to report the income on his tax returns, the report said. 

He faces a maximum sentence of eight years in prison and a fine of up to $500,000.

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