A former executive assistant to George Moses on Wednesday admitted to bilking the state out of $45,000 — money that fraudulently ended up with a neighborhood group headed by Moses.

Shirley Boone, who worked with Moses at the North East Area Development, or NEAD, neighborhood group, admitted that she and another NEAD employee conspired to cheat the state out of the $45,000.

“I created false documents and submitted to New York state in order to get grant money for North East Area Development,” Boone said at her plea.

The other NEAD employee was not identified at the plea, but Boone worked closely with Moses, who is already accused of rampant fraud in his past roles as NEAD executive director and Rochester Housing Authority chairman. Moses is scheduled to be tried in October.

Boone agreed to cooperate with authorities in investigations into money laundering, tax fraud and program fraud at North East Area Development, Rochester Housing Authority  and Authority subsidiary Rochester Housing Charities.

At a remote plea hearing conducted via Zoom on Wednesday, Boone admitted that she falsified documents to secure a $45,000 reimbursement grant from the state Dormitory Authority for the NEAD office on Webster Avenue. In the documents, she claimed that roof repairs had been done by Freedom Community Enterprises, a for-profit NEAD subsidiary.

Freedom Community, however, does not do construction work and did no repairs for NEAD, according to the plea.

Federal sentencing guidelines recommend a sentence of eight to 14 months for Boone, but prosecutors could ask for a lesser sentence, including probation, based on her cooperation.

Prosecutors say they have proof of fraud involving many of Moses’ expenses related to NEAD and Freedom Community.

Authorities allege that Moses illicitly used money for cruises, spa services, a multilevel business operation, dental visits and New York Knicks tickets. His attorney, Frederick Hafetz, has said Moses is innocent of the charges and will prove his use of the money was legitimate.

Moses has been accused of almost $174,000 in fraud, some involving alleged conspiracies with former City Councilman Adam McFadden and Janis White, a former executive secretary for Rochester Housing Authority, who is also facing trial.

McFadden has pleaded guilty to fraud and filing of false tax returns. He was scheduled to be sentenced this week, but the sentencing has been postponed until December — a sign that McFadden could also be a witness against Moses at trial.

— DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE