Lori Zeno and her ex-con boyfriend, Rashad Ruhani, 55, were indicted last week on charges they stole some $60,000 for personal expenses, using their organization’s accounts to pay the rent ...

Queens Defenders officially had its criminal defense practice taken over by a Brooklyn-based legal services provider on ...

Many low-income criminal defendants in Queens who need a free attorney will now be represented by a public defender ...

The government did not seek to detain Lori Zeno, who presented a $500,000 bond package secured by her son, older sister and ...

Brooklyn Defender Services replaces Queens Defenders on a $34 million contract after its founders plead not guilty to fraud ...

Former Queens Defenders Executive Director and founder Lori Zeno appeared in court in Brooklyn on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to fraud charges.

Former Queens Defenders executive director Lori Zeno, 64, surrendered Wednesday at the Brooklyn federal courthouse. Zeno was ...

Lori Zeno, of Garden City, holds a campaign sign as she waits for New York mayor-elect Bill de Blasio to arrive Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Chad Rachman/New York Post.

Lori Zeno and her partner and former employee, Rashad Ruhani, stole at least $60,000 from the organization between June 2024 and January 2025, according to an indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s ...

A six-count indictment filed by federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York charged Queens Defenders founder Lori Zeno, 64, and her husband, Rashad Ruhani, 55, with wire fraud, wire ...

Lori Zeno, who helped start the Queens Defenders, and her husband were accused of taking money from the organization for luxury vacations and a penthouse apartment. By Santul Nerkar A founder of ...

Lori Zeno (center), the former executive director of Queens Defenders, was arraigned on fraud charges Wednesday after prosecutors said she stole tens of thousands of dollars from the organization ...