Exhibit 99.10


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



In connection with the Annual Report of Jaco  Electronics,  Inc. (the "Company")
on Form  10-K  for the  fiscal  year  ending  June 30,  2002 as  filed  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Jeffrey
D. Gash,  Executive  Vice  President,  Finance  and  Secretary  of the  Company,
certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)  The Report fully complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.





                                       /s/ Jeffrey D. Gash
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                                       Jeffrey D. Gash
                                       Executive Vice President, Finance and
                                       Secretary
                                       September 27, 2002