Vassilios Handakas, of Garden City, charged with cheating insurance companies
Michael O'Keeffe, newsday.com
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A Garden City business owner allegedly cheated two insurance companies out of more than $235,000 in premiums by underreporting his company’s payroll and number of employees, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly said in a statement.
Vassilios Handakas, 60, was arraigned before Nassau District Court Judge Jaclene Agazarian March 28 on charges of second-degree insurance fraud, third-degree insurance fraud and failure to secure workers’ compensation.