The founder of the Queens Defenders and her husband were indicted for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from the ...

The government did not seek to detain Lori Zeno, who presented a $500,000 bond package secured by her son, older sister and brother-in-law.

Lori Zeno and her ex-con boyfriend, Rashad Ruhani, 55, were indicted last week on charges they stole some $60,000 for ...

Former Queens Defenders Executive Director and founder Lori Zeno appeared in court in Brooklyn on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to fraud charges.

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 ...

There’s more trouble brewing for an embattled Queens public defender office, as a lawyer there was busted for passing drugs ...

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 Island, ...

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

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

Prosecutors say Lori Zeno and Rashad Ruhani took tens of thousands of dollars that were supposed to support low-income New ...

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 ...

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