Lori Zeno, the disgraced founder of the Queens Defenders, tried to steal even more money from the legal defense organization’s coffers while out on bond in her federal fraud case, prosecutors allege.
Zeno, who’s accused of raiding the Queens Defenders coffers to fund a fancy lifestyle that included a penthouse apartment and resort vacations, tried to get a refund paid to her directly for more than $7,000 in supplies she ordered through the organization last year, the feds allege. Prosecutors described the alleged scheme in a letter seeking to tighten the conditions of her release as she awaits trial.
Zeno, 64, and her boyfriend, Rashad Ruhani, 55, were indicted in June on charges they stole about $60,000 for personal expenses, using the Queens Defenders’ accounts to pay rent for th