3 alleged fraudsters charged with bilking $1.1M in NYC rental assistance funds

New York Post · Ben Kochman · 2026-11-05 21:56 UTC

The trio of alleged fraudsters were arrested Wednesday morning in a joint probe by the city Department of Investigation, Manhattan US Attorney’s Office and the Internal Revenue Service.

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Three New Jersey fraudsters allegedly stole $1.1 million from a Big Apple rental assistance program meant as a safety net for low-income New Yorkers, officials announced Thursday.

Erica Williams, 39, spearheaded a plot to rip off the city’s “One Shot Deal” program between 2021 and 2025 by posing as supposedly distressed tenants and steering funds to bank accounts she falsely claimed belonged to purported landlords, according to a criminal complaint in Manhattan federal court.

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