NYC DOE worker and husband busted in $170,000 Bronx school cash scam: DA

A husband and wife team was sentenced for their roles in a scheme that defrauded the NYC Department of Education (DOE) of more than $170,000 through fraudulent purchase orders and invoices, according to the Bronx District Attorney’s office on Tuesday.Darcel Clark, the borough’s district attorney, said that Rusnelly Clase, 42, was sentenced to six months in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision. Meanwhile, her husband, Justin Echevarria, 38, was sentenced to five y