Following an appearance before a judge last week, both partners of Dansa D’Arata & Soucia CPAs were claiming victory.
By Stephen T. Watson, The Buffalo News, NY (TNS)
The two partners who own a Buffalo-based accounting firm are waging a bitter fight over the company’s future.
The fight has moved into a courtroom amid accusations of fraud and sexual misconduct by one and a claim that the matter is nothing more than a power grab from the other. And following an appearance before a judge last week, both sides were claiming victory.
Daniel Garigen, who holds a 40% stake in Dansa D’Arata & Soucia CPAs LLP, has accused managing partner Eric Soucia of financial and workplace misconduct in a lawsuit filed this month in New York Supreme Court that seeks to force Soucia to give up control of the company.
Garigen’s suit accuses Soucia of potentially costing the firm up to $750,000 because of mismanagement of the company’s 401(k) account and, additionally, of harassment and other mistreatment of Dansa D’Arata employees.
“Mr. Soucia’s behavior has been and continues to be erratic, unprofessional, fraudulent and possibly criminal,” Garigen claims in his Feb. 2 complaint, filed by attorney Brian D. Gwitt. “It is undisputed that he is jeopardizing the continued operation of Dansa D’Arata.”
Soucia and his attorney respond that Garigen is making false accusations against Soucia, who owns 60% of the firm, in a bid to take over the company that has grown since the pair bought out the...
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