Bronx district leader, BOE employee charged with pocketing poll worker funds

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A Bronx district leader and Board of Elections employee has been arrested on charges including bribery, extortion, fraud and identity theft. Court documents reveal that Nicole Torres illegally demanded payments from Bronx residents in exchange for selecting them as poll workers. She also lied about the dates that those poll workers were on the clock and took their pay. The fraudulent payments amount to over $60,000 over the course of the last five years. "