Sales Tax Crimes

Jose Torres, owner of Joe’s Place at 20 Valentine Street in Yonkers, New York is was arrested this week for failing to remit more than one half million dollars in sales tax revenue to the City and State.  Allegations have also been made that Mr. Torres failed to report over six million dollars in sales tax revenue over the page five years. 

Mr. Torres was arraigned on the felony charges in the Bronx County Criminal Court.  The charges include Grand Larceny in the 2^ndDegree (Class C Felony); two counts of Criminal Tax Fraud in the 2^ndDegree (Class C Felony); and nineteen counts of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 1^stDegree (Class E Felonies).