Bronx pastor accused of fleecing Harlem nonprofit to fuel lavish lifestyle

The CEO of a tax-payer funded nonprofit that serves some of the city’s neediest city populations bilked the organization out more than half a million dollars to fund lavish vacations and high-end dinners, prosecutors said.

Reginald Williams, 67, allegedly hatched a series of schemes to rip off the the Addicts Rehabilitation Center Foundation, which he ran, and a related group called the Addicts Rehabilitation Center Fund.

Both groups provide social services and housing to drug addicts and those living with HIV and AIDS.
Williams is also the longtime pastor of the Charity Baptist Church in the South Bronx.

 Williams also enlisted the help of co-defendants Naomi Barrera, 42, the current president and CEO of the ARC Foundation, and Bennie Hadnott, 74, a financial consultant, to pull off the schemes.

Bronx pastor accused of fleecing Harlem nonprofit to fuel lavish lifestyle