Lori Zeno, the former executive director of Queens Defenders, appeared prepared on Tuesday to plead guilty to federal fraud charges – until she suddenly wasn’t.
Read MoreProsecutors alleged earlier this month that Lori Zeno, the former executive director of Queens Defenders, and her husband, Rashad Ruhani, stole at least $300,000 from the legal nonprofit to fund luxury vacations, trips to expensive restaurants and their penthouse apartment in Astoria. The total in alleged stolen funds is five times larger than the sum they were originally accused of pilfering earlier this year.
Read MoreA music media personality was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly hiding evidence in the ongoing fraud case against former Queens Defenders executive director Lori Zeno and her husband, Rashad Ruhani.
Read MoreThe controversial former head of Queens Defenders was let off with a warning by a judge on Monday after prosecutors alleged that she had continued to attempt to steal funds from her former nonprofit as she awaits trial.
Read MoreLori Zeno, the former head of Queens Defenders accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars with her husband from the nonprofit she founded, has continued to siphon money from the organization as she awaits trial, according to the feds.
Read MoreFederal prosecutors say that since being cuffed last month, Rashad Ruhani, a one-time senior legal advocate at the legal services nonprofit, has done little to prove that he should be allowed to bail out of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
Read MoreFormer Queens Defenders Executive Director and founder Lori Zeno appeared in court in Brooklyn on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to fraud charges.
Read MoreAn attorney with the controversy-embroiled Queens Defenders was busted for allegedly trying to smuggle THC-soaked paper into a Rikers Island facility on Wednesday.
Read MoreLori Zeno, the former head of Queens Defenders, allegedly stole tens of thousands of dollars from the organization she founded to fund luxury vacations, a teeth-whitening procedure and other personal expenses, prosecutors said this week.
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