April Campbell of Manhattan, a Parol Officer with the state Division of Parole, is in trouble she was arrested today by the New York City Department of Investigations acting on a report from the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”) alleging that she had lied about her income on her Section 8 application filed with the HPD. New York City Section 8 is a program desiged to aid low income individuals in paying rents in NYC. Full income disclousre is required by applicants. According to the complaint filed in Manhattan Criminal Court, Campbell failed to disclose on her applications that she had been employed by several employers including the NYC Human Resources Administration and the NYS Division of Parole earning over $57,000 a year. As the result, the City paid Campbell over $24,000 in Section 8 benefits to which she was not entitled.
Criminal charges for Section fraud in New York City Grand Larceny and Offering a False Instrument for Filing – exactly what Campbell has been charged with.