Contractor pleads guilty to bilking Sandy victims of more than $170K: DA
Andrew Troiano, a former L.I. resident, was sentenced up to three years in prison for the grand larceny of over $170,000 from three Superstorm Sandy (2012) couples he promised new homes in the Rockaways, according to the Queens district attorney’s office.
Troiano pleaded guilty to in September 2017 to the crimes committed from July 19, 2013 to June 26, 2014, according to DA Richard Brown’s office.
“In pleading guilty, the defendant admitted he ripped off people who had already had their lives destroyed by a natural disaster. Then, he came along offering to build them new homes to start over,” said Brown.
Two of the families lived in Breezy Point and the third resided at Rockaway Point, according to Brown. Both neighborhoods are at the western tip of the Rockaway Peninsula.
Read more: https://www.timesledger.com/stories/2018/29/sandystormthief_2018_07_20_q.html
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The article mentions nothing about restitution or a victims' compensation fund.
As a victim, they get to pay taxes to support the roof over his head in jail, while they might not even have a roof of their own. Yipee! 