Bronx resident Amadou Lamoudi was indicted today after allegedly
directing a fraudulent scheme in which he helped unqualified tenants
file false applications for apartments subsidized by the Housing
Development Corporation, according to a press release from the
Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Lamoudi, 39, would allegedly
charge ineligible applicants $1,000 or more to help them with their
apartment applications. Lamoudi would reportedly tell them to falsify
their income information and then, when they were selected by the
lottery to continue with the apartment application process, would
direct them to others who would create false financial documents.
Lamoudi has lived in an HDC apartment since 2003, according to the
press release. The number of housing applications with which Lamoudi
was involved was not revealed. TRD [more]