Northport Woman Admits To Posing As Company Owner In Fraud: Report

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — A Northport woman pleaded guilty Monday to posing as the owner of her husband's Commack-based company so it could secure government contracts for women-owned businesses, Newsday reported.

Frances Cabasso, 63, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for misrepresenting the company as a woman-owned business when it was owned and operated by her husband, Jack Cabasso, Newsday reported. He is expected to plead guilty at a later date.

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Aventura Technologies Inc. was charged in November 2019 with illegally importing and selling Chinese-manufactured surveillance and security equipment to the U.S. government while claiming everything had been made in the United States, the United States Department of Justice stated in 2019. The company, as well as seven current and former employees, sold equipment with known cybersecurity vulnerability to government and private customers, the DOJ said.

Aventura, located at 48 Mall Dr., has generated more than $88 million in sales revenue since November 2010, and the scheme has been ongoing since 2006, Richard P. Donoghue, United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said.