A former worker at the Tribute WTC Visitor Center, accused of stealing $40,000 from the charity between August and February, says he only did it because his family was being threatened by a loan shark. Emmanuel Reyes reportedly confessed to cops, "I never made any money off this." The Post reports, "Reyes claimed to cops that he'd borrowed $8,000 from a loan shark to pay for his mother's funeral, and feared for his family's safety after welching on $16,000 in required repayments." Reyes, who was indicted on 72 counts, including grand larceny, also said, "Another manager had showed me how to do transactions without showing a receipt. I altered the number of people coming in to make the average donation around $4."
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