An Upper West Side doorman is accused of stealing nearly $480,000 from a retired teacher and her husband after the woman moved into a nursing home and later died — once disguising his voice to sound like hers as part of the shifty scheme, Manhattan prosecutors said.
Alfredo Mateo, 38, allegedly started preying on the woman while she was under a court-ordered guardianship due to incapacitation while her spouse still lived at their apartment at 380 Riverside Drive before he died in September 2022.
The day after his death, Mateo, of Yonkers, began depositing the first of 26 checks he swiped from the teacher, writing most of the checks to himself from the victim’s bank account, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office alleged.
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He also allegedly stole $3,000 from the husband’s account.
While draining the couple’s coffers, he then allegedly schemed to take money from the teacher’s annuity and pension that she earned from her service as a city educator.