On March 9, 2010, three people were indicted for scamming the New York City Transit Authority of more than $150,000 in two separate schemes.
The three defendants are Jacqueline Jackson, head of the New York Transit Authority’s Law Department’s Legal Support Unit within the Torts Division, Joyce Ilarraza, owner AJI Records Retrieval, and John E. Headley owner of Advance IME Co. and former prosecutor.
From 2005 to 2009, Jackson approved over billed invoices submitted to the NYCTA by AJI Records Retrieval. Headley and Ilarraza later allegedly receive half of AJI’s proceeds. All three defendants also worked together in furthering the criminal conspiracy to scam NYCTA.
From 2007 to 2008, Jackson allegedly directed business to Advance IME and approved inflated invoices the company submitted in exchange for paying Jackson’s personal expenses such as utility bills.
The defendants are charged with Grand Larceny in the 2nd Degree, Falsifying Business Records in the 1st Degree and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 1st Degree, punishable by a total of 30 years in prison.