Four Individuals Charged in Alleged Embezzlement and Vendor-Bribery Scheme Involving New York Nonprofit

The US Department of Justice said an indictment was unsealed charging Jean Ronald Tirelus and Roberto Samedy with allegedly embezzling more than $1.3 million from a Brooklyn-based nonprofit providing home care and homeless shelters. Tirelus and Samedy were also charged with allegedly steering business to companies controlled by Edouardo St. Fort and Miguel Jorge in exchange for bribes and kickbacks.

Tirelus and Samedy face wire fraud, embezzlement, bribery-related, conspiracy and money-laundering-conspiracy charges; St. Fort and Jorge face federal program bribery and related charges. These are allegations in an indictment, not convictions or findings of liability.