Putnam DA: Dutchess Man Defrauded Employer of $500,000

A 61-year-old Dutchess County man is alleged to have defrauded his former employer of roughly $500,000, according to Putnam County District Attorney Adam Levy.

Dean P. Mogan was indicted by a Putnam County Grand Jury on 15 counts, including Scheme to Defraud, Grand Larceny, Petit Larceny, and felony and misdemeanor counts of Criminal Tax Fraud.

Mogan worked for a Putnam County company which stocks and maintains Automatic Teller Machines for businesses in Putnam County, Westchester County and Fairfield County, CT. The indictment alleges that Mogan systematically and routinely failed to deposit portions of cash he was responsible for using to fill the ATMs, netting roughly $500,000 over the course of January 2011- June 2012 and January 2013-September 2013.

“Mogan is accused not of a single lapse in judgement, but rather a systematic, continued effort to defraud his employer, their clients, and the taxpayers of New York State,” Levy said in a prepared statement. “Make no mistake, we take white collar crime very seriously in Putnam County.”

Levy said the indictment comes following a lengthy and extensive multi-agency investigation. Assistant District Attorney Laura Roberts led the investigation for the Putnam County District Attorney’s Office, in cooperation with New York State Department of Taxation and Finance’s Criminal Investigations Division, and the New York State Police.

“ADA Laura Roberts, Taxation and Finance’s investigative and auditing team, and NYSP deserve to be commended for their work uncovering this Scheme to Defraud, and deconstructing Mogan’s complex white collar crimes,” Levy said.

Mogan, who lives in Wappingers Falls, was indicted on three Counts of Grand Larceny in the 2nd degree, C felonies; three Counts of Petit Larceny, Class A misdemeanors; two Counts of Scheme to Defraud in the 1st degree, E felonies; three Counts of Scheme to Defraud in the 2nd degree, Class A misdemeanors; one count of Criminal Tax Fraud in the 3rd degree, a D felony; and two counts of Criminal Tax Fraud in the 4th Degree, E felonies.

Mogan faces a maximum of between 15 to 45 years if convicted. He was arraigned in July and is due back in court Aug. 18. The charges in the indictment are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.