Anita Haines, a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Community Center Director was arrested and charged with Grand Larceny in the Third Degree and Forth Degree, Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in Third, Fourth and Fifth Degree, Official Misconduct and Petit Larceny for allegedly defrauding the NYCHA by stealing $4,775 of tenants’ fees.
Between January 2008 and April 2010, 12 tenants paid Haines a total of $4775 to rent the community center or to attend summer camp ran by NYCHA. It was alleged that Haines never reported the payments to the NYCHA and had pocketed that payments without permission or authority.
If convicted, Haines faces a maximum penalty of more than 12 years of imprisonment.