4 used car dealers charged

Four used car dealers in Valley Stream were charged

yesterday with failing to report millions of dollars in car sales, Nassau

District Attorney Denis Dillon said.

Dillon said the owners of A&I Auto Center, 780 West Merrick Rd., failed to

report about $4.3 million in car sales from March 2001 to May 2005, thus

failing to pay Nassau County $382,416 in sales tax.

Ilya Kuyenov, 35, of 246 Kiswick St. in Staten Island, and Alexander

Aronov, 36, 439 Loretto St. in Staten Island, pleaded not guilty in Hempstead

District Court to second-degree grand larceny, a felony, and other charges.

If convicted, they face a maximum of 5 to 15 years in prison.

Judge Martin Massell set bail at $100,000 cash or bond, an amount that

their attorney, Kevin Keating of Garden City, said they are making arrangements

to pay.

"These are both reputable men in their 30s - homeowners and fathers with no

prior records," he said. "We're going to work extra hard to get to the bottom

of this allegation."

Marina and Boris Michaelov, who run United Motors Inc., at 344 Merrick Rd.,

failed to report about $1.2 million in car sales from March 2004 to February

2005, Dillon said. Investigators are searching for them.

They have been charged with second-degree grand larceny and other charges.

"This is a crime against all the citizens of Nassau County and New York

State," said Assistant District Attorney William Wallace.