Woman steals $2.3 million meant for a homeless shelter, spending it at Bloomingdale's

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A New York woman who ran a homeless shelter in the Bronx has admitted to stealing millions meant for the nonprofit, and spending it to fund her luxury lifestyle instead.

Ethel Denise Perry was the executive director at Millennium Care, a nonprofit that ran a homeless shelter in the Bronx that received $10 million in funding from the New York City Department of Homeless Services. But instead of using that money to feed and provide social services to homeless families, Perry used it to go shopping, according to a release from the New York State Attorney General's Office.

On November 19, Perry admitted to illegally taking $2 million from Millennium Care beyond her official salary, and spending it at luxury retailers including Tiffany & Co., Ferragamo, and Bergdorf Goodman, and on her car payments and gym memberships, according to The New York Times. She also used the nonprofit to hire her brother and nephew, paying them "far in excess of their reported salaries," according to the attorney general's office.

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