Contractor who stole $2.5M from Long Islanders needing Superstorm Sandy repairs gets 48-months prison term
Michael O'Keefe, newsday.com
“Today’s sentence holds Almaraz accountable for using vital recovery funds to fund a lavish lifestyle while his customers were deprived of their homes and suffering emotionally and financially," said Joseph Nocella Jr., the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. “For this crime of greed, it is fitting that the defendant’s home will be a federal prison."