Accountant from Seaford to Be Sentenced For Stealing $800K From Clients

By Paige McAtee

The partner of a Huntington accounting firm who is convicted of stealing over $800,000 from his clients, including a disabled man and an elderly person with dementia, will receive his sentence Tuesday, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said.

Seaford resident Scott Meyer, 48, a former partner of the Johnson and Meyer accounting firm in Huntington, pleaded guilty earlier this year to grand larceny, possession of a forged instrument and falsifying business records.

Meyer stole money while working as an accountant for the Huntington Rural Cemetery Association and the Nob Hill Condominium Complex in Ronkonkoma.

Meyer was arrested in mid-2013 for stealing:

• $160,000 from an 80-year-old client from Greenport with dementia. The victim is now deceased.
• More than $240,00 from a disabled man living in a California assisted living facility.
• $427,000 from the Huntington Rural Cemetery Association.

Meyer used this money to shop, travel and go on vacation. His credit bills had an average monthly balance of $50,000, according to Spota.

“In fact, after this defendant was initially arrested by this office in 2013, he continued to steal – taking approximately $30,000 in cash entrusted to him by the condominium complex board of managers,” Spota said.

Meyer was previously convicted of federal charges for misappropriation of insurance funds and conspiracy in 2007. His CPA license was suspended after this conviction, but was eventually reinstated.

Meyer, who is free on bond, will be sentenced at 9:30 a.m.

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