| NYC Law
Department
Staffer
Charged With
Stealing
$600000 in
Checks Pleads
to 33 Months
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 22 – Brandon Santanoo, a
former worker at the NYC Law
Department, was arrested on
November 13 for allegedly
stealing and depositing checks
sent to the Law Department.
He
was presented and released on
$75,000 bond in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrates Court, which Inner
City Press covers most
closely.
The
Complaint says at the NYC
Department of Investigation
identified 40 checks, worth
$600,000 that were diverted.
One sample was sent from a law
firm in Melville, for over
$15,000.
Jump cut to
April 22, 2024 when Santanoo
pled guilty before SDNY
Magistrate Judge Jennifer E.
Willis. His sentencing before
District Judge Richard M.
Berman is set for August 22 at
10 am. His plea deal with the
US Attorney's Office is for 33
months.
The case is
US v. Santanoo, 24-cr-247
(Berman / Willis)
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