Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Food fraud charges for senior center founder


From CBS New York:

The founder of the United Hindu Cultural Council Senior Center was arrested Monday and charged with stealing more than $50,000, allegedly by filing false invoices for lunches that were never served.

Chan Jamoona, who also serves on the Queens General Assembly and on numerous boards and leadership roles in New York City, was arrested Monday morning at her Ozone Park, Queens, home.

She was charged with grand larceny in excess of $50,000, falsifying business records, and conspiracy, 1010 WINS reported.

An investigation by the city Department of Investigation and the New York State Attorney General’s office found numerous fraudulent transactions involving Jamoona, 66, according to a news release.

Jamoona allegedly was involved in a scheme where fraudulent invoices from the senior center were sent to the city Department for the Aging for lunches that were never actually served to seniors at the center, the Attorney General’s office release said.

Also charged were Jamoona’s daughter – Veda Jamoona; and Steven Rajukumar, owner of Sonny’s Roti Shop, which provided food to the senior center, the release said.

Authorities said from 2004 until 2010, Jamoona ordered a senior center employee to make false entries on the lunch sign-in sheets, and offered to put together false invoices that would result in higher payments to the Sonny’s Roti Shop, the publication reported. Rajukumar agreed to split the payments with Jamoona, the release said.

Veda Jamoona also allegedly created false invoices as part of the scheme, the release said.


One of those arrested works for John Liu.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is that stealing from the poor? What will they come back as in the next life?

Anonymous said...

There's much more where that came from. Investigate all of the bogus clinics, houses of worship, and day care centers throughout Queens. They are all on the take!

Anonymous said...

Not just in Queens -it is all over. All these supposed do-good not for profits are crooks.

Moby said...

Whew! My North Flushing Senior Center is still safe. Looks like we dodged another bullet.

Anonymous said...

These are the same people that " nobody cares like frank (padavan) " helped with the creedemore deal.

Anonymous said...

look the wonderful diversity, a beautiful mosaic.... of illegal immigrant who learn how to scam the taxpayers. tell me it's a Korean who has a Korean church as her fiscal conduit.

Anonymous said...

AND ,the democrat/progressive thieving queens machine hacks , BEAT GOES ON AND ON AND ON.....

whats left in your wallet, after they steal your tax $$$$$?

Anonymous said...

i wonder, did Al Baldeo or Shirley Huntley squeal on these Guyanese thieves?

Anonymous said...

FYI " liberal progressive democratic scum". Padavan, their godfather , was a republican. Not that you're wrong about the other scum. Just sayin

Anonymous said...

Padavan started as a cons/g.o.p.politician forty years ago,but in order to survive a queens registration of 5 dems. to 1 cons/g.o.p his allegiance swayed towards the dems. A R.I.N.O. might be more accurate a description.

Anonymous said...

Someone wanted a bigger cut or wanted money for their silence, and there was a falling out among the thieves.

That's the take-away.

Anonymous said...

Speaking of fraudulent senior centers...
have any serious investigations into the Stavisky's North Flushing Senior Center ever been conducted, to uncover any possible shady practices going on there?

Anonymous said...

They are not Guyanese idiots they are Trinidadians. Know your geography!