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Alleged sex abuser who ran shelter network gets two years for bribery scheme
Victor Rivera, the former head of Bronx Parent Housing Network, was sentenced to two years in prison after being convicted of taking over $1 million in bribes.
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Alleged sex abuser who ran shelter network gets two years for bribery scheme
By
Nolan Hicks
May 23, 2022 7:13pm
Updated
The former head of one of the city’s biggest homeless shelter operators will spend two years in jail following his conviction for taking more than $1 million in bribes.
Victor Rivera was sentenced to 27 months in prison by Manhattan federal Judge Sidney Stein on Monday for taking $1.2 million in kickbacks from contractors hired by his non-profit, the Bronx Parent Housing Network.
Stein also ordered that Rivera pay $902,000 in restitution to his former non-profit.
His indictment in March 2021 came after The New York Times revealed allegations of misconduct that stretched well beyond stealing money from New York’s neediest.
Nearly a dozen women placed into Bronx Parent Housing Network shelters alleged that Rivera had sexually harassed or assaulted them, the report said.
Those allegations were not included in the charges brought by the feds or city officials.