Massapequa Business Owner Sentenced For Forging Documents: Suffolk DA

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — A Massapequa business owner was sentenced for pleading guilty to possessing forged bank checks, the Suffolk County DA's office announced.

Nicholas Analitis, 45, and his corporation Gorilla Contracting Group, LLC, submitted forged documents to municipalities in the Village of Babylon and the Town of Islip.

On Thursday, Analitis was sentenced to three and a half to seven years in prison.

"Forgery and fraudulent business activity are not victimless crimes," said District Attorney Raymond Tierney. "The kind of deceit that these defendants engaged in hurts the workers whose livelihoods depend on trusted business dealings. If you do business in Suffolk County, you have to pay your workers what they are entitled to and otherwise comply with the law."

Analitis and Gorilla Contracting Group, LLC are also required to pay $106,359.15 in restitution to
Road and Heavy Construction Laborers’ Union Local 1298, and $32,562.63 in restitution to the
International Union of the Operating Engineers Local Union 138, 138A, and 138B.

According to the investigation, from June 2018 to July 2018, Analitis possessed a forged Comerica Bank Check in which the value amount and the name of the payee, were altered. The check was instead made payable to “Nick Consulting Services Inc.,” which is one of Analitis’ corporations. Additionally, between August 2020 and September 2020. Analitis possessed a Surety Bond with a forged signature, which was submitted to the Village of Babylon for a public works project.

In March 2022, Analitis pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, while Gorilla Contracting pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.

Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree, a Class D felony, and Gorilla
Contracting Group, LLC pleaded guilty to one count of Criminal Possession of a Forged
Instrument in the Second Degree.