Disgraced NYC legal aid bigwig blames ex-con lover as she’s sent to prison for $100K embezzlement scheme

Fuente: New York Post

He stole her heart. 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.