Two female employees have been charged in connection with an alleged scheme to make personal purchases using the banking information of residents with disabilities at a group home in Briarcliff Manor.
According to Westchester District Attorney Susan Cacace and State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, Nadajah Jackson, 28, of Yonkers, and Destiny Galan, 25, of Staten Island, both employees of the Association for Mentally Ill Children of Westchester (AMIC), made numerous purchases from Amazon and other merchants by debiting the accounts of unsuspecting residents.
Jackson allegedly made purchases between Nov. 2022 and Jan. 2025, totaling $45,448.47 using the banking information of four AMIC residents. Galan allegedly made purchases between May 2024 and Aug. 2024, totaling $2,038, which included expenditures on women’s clothing and food, by debiting the accounts of two AMIC residents…