Town Court Officer Held No-Show Parking Job: DA

NEW CITY, NY — A New City man is accused of stealing public funds by turning one of two full-time law enforcement jobs he held simultaneously in Ramapo and Spring Valley into a no-show profit center.

Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced Friday that Aleksandr Fridman was arrested by members of the Joint Public Corruption Task Force and charged with:

• One count of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a class “D” Felony
• 43 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree, class “E” Felonies

Fridman, 62, of 45 Omni Court, worked as a full-time parking attendant, employed by the Village of Spring Valley. Unbeknownst to village officials, prosecutors allege, he was also employed as a court officer by the Town of Ramapo.

"This defendant has been charged with cheating Spring Valley taxpayers of several thousand dollars by fraudulently submitting payroll records," Zugibe said. “His actions are especially egregious because of his law enforcement positions in both Spring Valley and Ramapo."

Zugibe said Fridman “double-dipped” on 43 days in 2018, paid simultaneously to work for the Village of Spring Valley and the Town of Ramapo.

Investigators allege Fridman would sign in to work in Spring Valley, then drive to Ramapo to work as a court officer, being compensated by both municipalities simultaneously. He would return to Spring Valley at the end of the work day and sign out.

His alleged acts resulted in a theft from the Village of Spring Valley of over $4,900.

It should be noted that an indictment is merely an accusation and that the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The arrest was the culmination of an investigation by the Public Corruption Task Force.
He was arraigned in Clarkstown Justice Court and scheduled to appear again on
Dec. 10.

Executive Assistant District Attorney Richard Kennison Moran, Bureau Chief of the
Public Corruption Task Force for the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office, is
prosecuting the case.

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