ALBANY – A New Rochelle man was sentenced to 3 1/3 to seven years in state prison for each conviction of two counts of grand larceny following a guilty plea.
Dennis Broccolo, 55, and co-defendant Stephanie Vega, 27, also of New Rochelle, twice submitted false applications for unemployment insurance benefits by claiming to have worked for two different companies at which they were never employed. Broccolo’s sentences were ordered to run concurrently.
The two falsely claimed to have worked for Bassa Iripina Corporation when both applied for unemployment benefits in October 2012. They also submitted false documents.
After Broccolo and Vega received the maximum allowable benefits under the October 2012 claims, in November 2014, they again applied for unemployment benefits, this time claiming they worked for Drakemain Café and Lounge. They again submitted false documents.
Vega is expected to be sentenced this week.
