The New York State Police

that a construction company owner has been charged with defrauding multiple customers following a 15-month investigation. The department charged Andrew W. Cassata after what officials say was an “extensive investigation regarding multiple larceny cases involving Cassata and his company, MC Construction and Development.”

According to the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the department opened an investigation into Cassata’s business dealings in October of 2024. Investigators talked to multiple victims and executed search warrants on Cassata’s companies and residence. Cassata was found to have defrauded multiple customers, alleging to have overcharged clients and not completed the jobs for which he was hired.

While executing a search warrant at Cassata’s residence, two non-compliant AR-15 style rifles were located, one of which was loaded. On Jan. 21, 2026, Andrew Cassata turned himself in at SP Ray Brook, where he was processed on multiple larceny cases.

Cassata faces four counts of grand larceny in the third degree for property value exceeding $3,000, issuing a bad check, scheme to defraud in the first degree for obtaining property exceeding $1,000 from one or more persons and grand larceny in the second degree for property value exceeding $50,000.