NEW YORK CITY—New York City landlord Steven Croman, who owns more than 140 apartment buildings, was taken into custody on Tuesday to serve one year of jail time at Rikers Island. On Tuesday, he had pleaded guilty to grand larceny, tax fraud and falsifying documents. As part of the plea, Croman agreed to pay a $5 million tax settlement to the state, $3 million of which he paid last month.
Croman's defense attorney Benjamin Brafman tells GlobeSt.com, “The sentence of one year was an agreed upon sentence consistent with the terms of a plea agreement we signed many months ago.”
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's investigation found that between 2012 and 2014, Croman submitted false documents for rent-stabilized apartments and commercial spaces. He inflated the annual rental income of these buildings to obtain more than $45 million in mortgage refinancing under false pretenses.
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