Brooklyn Heights co-op president allegedly spent six years stealing from building

Co-op building at 130 Hicks Street

A New Jersey woman has been indicted for allegedly stealing more than $700,000 from the Brooklyn Heights co-op building at 130 Hicks Street where she served as board president.

The defendant, identified as Isabelle Gallier, 60, “allegedly turned a position of trust into a six-year scheme to steal from her neighbors, spending more than seven hundred thousand dollars meant to maintain a cooperative on luxury items and personal bills,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez said his office “will prosecute anyone who exploits their authority to criminally enrich themselves.”

Gallier was arraigned before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun and charged with second-degree grand larceny.

Prosecutors allege Gallier used more than $218,000 to pay her personal mortgages and another $125,000 on luxury items — including $12,000 in furs, a $4,000 Rolex and $53,000 on 150 pairs of designer shoes, among them 28 pairs of Christian Louboutins and 16 pairs of Valentinos.

The alleged theft was discovered after Gallier lost her board seat and new leadership took over. A review of the building's financial records revealed the missing funds, according to prosecutors. Gallier then sold her three units in the building and moved out, prosecutors said.

Gallier was released without bail and ordered to return to court on August 12.

Note: An indictment is an accusation. Gallier has not been convicted of any crime.