US Edition4 charged in corruption investigation linked to NYC homeless shelter operator
Prosecutors say the nonprofit steered more than $200 million in shelter work while leaders allegedly took $1.3 million and kickbacks.
- Federal authorities arrested four people on Tuesday in a corruption probe into BHRAGS Home Care Corp., a Brooklyn nonprofit accused of stealing $1.3 million and steering city contracts to favored vendors in exchange for bribes.
- BHRAGS Home Care Corp. has received around $200 million in city contracts since 2022, expanding its mission to include emergency homeless shelters opened during an influx of asylum seekers under former Mayor Eric Adams.
- Prosecutors allege executive director Roberto Samedy and former board chairman Jean Ronald Tirelus embezzled funds and steered contracts to businesses controlled by Edouardo St. Fort and Miguel Jorge, receiving more than $200,000 in kickbacks.
- A search warrant signed March 19 names City Council Member Farah Louis and her sister Debbie Louis, an aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, regarding potential bribes related to city funding for the nonprofit.
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city would "definitely be looking into" existing contracts with BHRAGS, while a nonprofit spokesperson stated the organization is cooperating with law enforcement and has placed executive director Samedy on administrative leave.
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