A public defender with a Queens nonprofit mired in controversy was hauled off in handcuffs after he was caught smuggling 130 ...

There’s more trouble brewing for an embattled Queens public defender office, as a lawyer there was busted for passing drugs to an incarcerated client just days after the group’s founder was charged ...

Bernardo Caceres was at New York City’s jail complex to meet with a client when an envelope he had drew the attention of a ...

Now she’s the defendant! The recently ousted founder of the Queens Defenders legal aid group stole at least $60,000 from her ...

Lori Zeno, the former head of Queens Defenders, allegedly stole tens of thousands of dollars from the organization she ...

Queens Defenders’ disgraced founder and her formerly incarcerated boyfriend fleeced the nonprofit, which represents indigent ...

Lori Zeno, who helped start the Queens Defenders, and her husband were accused of taking money from the organization for ...

NEW YORK — A public defender with a Queens nonprofit mired in controversy was hauled off in handcuffs after he was caught smuggling 130 sheets of suspected THC-soaked paper into a jail on Rikers ...

The former longtime head of the Queens Defenders stole tens of thousands of dollars from the indigent defense fund through use of corporate cards and by masking payments for a penthouse apartment ...

The defendant and her husband spent thousands on meals, luxury shopping, a vacation in Bali and rent for a penthouse, prosecutors said.

The founder of a top New York City public defender organization spent money meant for indigent legal defense on foreign travel, pricey real-estate, and high-end clothing, a New York federal prosecutor ...