A greedy Rikers Island captain shook down her underlings for a luxe bag and rides to a casino — saying she’d only approve their timesheets if they complied with her lavish demands, the feds charged Thursday.
Latanya Brown, 51, separately bilked taxpayers by billing for thousands of dollars in phony “overtime” in 2024 and 2025 while she was living it up at the betting house, an indictment says.
“The defendant brazenly abused her authority as a law enforcement supervisor to steal taxpayer money and terrorize her subordinates,” said Joe Nocella, the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
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