Fugitive From Forest Hills Extradited From Canada

After a four-year, international manhunt, a fugitive from Forest Hills was extradited to Queens from Canada last week for allegedly stealing more than $2 million from New York State.

Boris Michaelov (aka Micahelov), who used to live on 108th St., was brought into Queens Supreme Court in handcuffs on June 3 for failing to report roughly $2.3 million in state sales taxes.

An Israeli native who allegedly fled to Toronto in 2007, Michaelov, 43, now faces up to 25 years in prison. He is accused of failing to report as much as $28 million in taxable retail sales of about 3,000 used cars between Dec. 1, 2001, and May 31, 2005, from two Long Island car dealerships – Bill Johnson Auto Sales and Lefferts Auto Sales – on Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont.

The indictment includes one count of first-degree grand larceny, 13 counts of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, 13 counts of first-degree falsifying business records and one count of fourth-degree conspiracy.

Michaelov is presently being held without bail with an order to return to court on June 13.

His lawyer, Albert Y. Dayan, had not responded to an  inquiry at press time.

Various state agencies, such as the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Taxation and Finance, collaborated with the International Assistance Group at the Canadian Department of Justice on this investigation.