Arlether Middleton and her daughter Twana Rose, have been arrested and variously charged with Grand Larceny, multiple counts of Falsifying Business Records and Offering a False Instrument for Filing, for defrauding the New York City’s Tenant Interim Lease Program of more than $30,000.
Both mother and daughter hold positions within the Tenant Interim Lease Program that allows them to financial access a government funded building in Bronx, New York. Investigators say that between January 2005 and July 2006, the defendants allegedly schemed to take more than $30,000 from the Bronx Tenants Association’s bank account to pay for personal expenses.
Middleton and Rose purportedly submitted to the New York City Housing Preservation and Development Department altered bank statements and financial reports to cover up both defendants’ fraud.
If convicted, Rose faces a maximum penalty of 7 years in prison. Middleton faces a maximum penalty of 100 years in prison.
