Disgraced NYC legal aid bigwig blames ex-con lover as she’s sent to prison for $100K embezzlement scheme
The founder of the Queens Defenders legal aid group — who admitted to embezzling more than $100,000 from her own organization to fuel a lavish lifestyle — blamed her ex-con lover as she was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday. Lori Zeno, 66, claimed she was blinded by her feelings for her former employee-turned-co-defendant Rashad Ruhani, accusing him of pushing her to siphon from the non-profit to fund trips to Bali, luxury shopping sprees and a penthouse in Astoria.
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The founder of the Queens Defenders legal aid group — who admitted to embezzling more than $100,000 from her own organization to fuel a lavish lifestyle — blamed her ex-con lover as she was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday. Lori Zeno, 66, claimed she was blinded by her feelings for her former employee-turned-co-defendant Rashad Ruhani, accusing him of pushing her to siphon from the non-profit to fund trips to Bali, luxury shopping sprees and a penthouse in Astoria. “The man that swore before God that he loved me actually didn’t, and the career I had spent over 40 years building ended in disgrace,” a teary-eyed Zeno said in Brooklyn federal court. “I was so filled with shame and humiliation that I cannot even describe it,” she claimed.
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- The founder of the Queens Defenders legal aid group — who admitted to embezzling more than $100,000 from her own organization to fuel a lavish lifestyle — blamed her ex-con lover as she was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday. Lori Zeno, 66, claimed she was blinded by her feelings for her former employee-turned-co-defendant Rashad Ruhani, accusing him of pushing her to siphon from the non-profit to fund trips to Bali, luxury shopping sprees and a penthouse in Astoria.
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