A St. Albans man who allegedly swindled a nonprofit that he worked at for more than $870,000 is facing prison time, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.

Otto Starzmann, 60, of Anderson Road, was arraigned on Aug. 21 on charges of grand larceny in the second degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the second degree, said prosecutors.

Starzmann, the former administrator for the River Fund, an anti-poverty nonprofit in Richmond Hill that feeds the needy, is alleged to have stolen $872,440 from the coffers of the organization and to have spent $429,508 of it to buy 22 acres of land upstate in Warwick, to pay for architectural services and to line his own pockets, said Katz’s office. The funds were supposed to provide fresh produce to families facing food shortages

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