WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (July 2, 2026) — A New Rochelle accountant has been charged with grand larceny and other felonies for allegedly embezzling approximately $200,000 from a client, according to Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace.
Carmine Disanto, 59, was arrested Wednesday by the District Attorney’s Law Enforcement Unit and faces charges including Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class C felony. The charges stem from accusations that Disanto, hired as a consultant by a plumbing business, used his access to write unauthorized checks to himself. He is also facing criminal tax fraud charges for failing to file state tax returns from 2021 to 2024, resulting in a cumulative tax liability of $36,155.
Disanto’s wife, Patricia Kruse Disanto, 57, a civilian employee of the Harrison Police Department, was also arrested. She is charged with Repeated Failure to File and Offering a False Instrument for Filing, both class E felonies, related to her own failure to file state tax returns, accruing a tax liability of $1,633 over the same period.
District Attorney Cacace emphasized the impact of such fraud on the community, stating, “A fraud perpetrated on the state is a fraud perpetrated against all of us.”
The couple was arraigned Wednesday before Judge Michelle Bernstein. Carmine Disanto is due back in court on Aug. 7, and Patricia Kruse Disanto on July 26.
The investigation was conducted by the Economic Crimes Bureau, forensic accountant Michael Frenza, and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, with assistance from the North Castle Police Department. Assistant District Attorney Nicole Gamble is prosecuting the case.
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