NY-AG v. Barney

Derek T. Barney, Avraham “Avi” Cohen, Frank Lopez, Jr., Cynthia Yeje Ramsaroop, and Gennovee Yeje allegedly operated a two decades-long bid-rigging scheme. The defendants allegedly submitted thousands of false and inflated bids to the New York state Office of Victim Services (OVS) and the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) for moving and storage services intended to aid public benefits recipients, domestic violence survivors, and other crime victims. The defendants allegedly collected more than $15 million from HRA and OVS for over 25,000 moving jobs, the vast majority of which are believed to have been rigged and fraudulently obtained, according to NY-AG.

Summary generated from official New York Attorney General press release