NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A man was indicted for allegedly stealing over $600,000 from two retired New York City employees’ pensions, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Tuesday.
Gregory Mathieu, 40, of Canarsie, was arraigned on a nine-count indictment in which he is charged with corrupting the government, grand larceny, identity theft and offering a false instrument for filing.
Between February 8, 2021, and January 2, 2024, Mathieu stole approximately $624,000 from the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS), where he worked as an associate retirement benefits examiner, prosecutors said.
Mathieu allegedly reactivated suspended pension payments of a retired Department of Sanitation supervisor who had not been reported as deceased after he died at age 63, stealing retroactive payments of approximately $242,000 and monthly payments between May 2021 and January 2024 of approximately $5,700, officials said.
He also allegedly stole approximately $199,000 from a 75-year-old retired Associated Railroad Signal Specialist employed by the MTA/NYC Transit whose account was suspended because he failed to cash his pension checks. He did not take steps to reactive his account until January 2024, which led to the discovery of the alleged thefts by Mathieu.