The state attorney general has launched a sweeping criminal probe of the head of a politically connected Bronx homeless services provider, The Post has learned.

Letitia James’ office obtained a warrant to search the home, SUV and phones of Jenny Rivera, chief executive officer of Aguila Inc.

The search warrant says investigators have “probable cause” to investigate Rivera and unnamed co-conspirators for a host of alleged crimes including commercial bribery and bribe receiving, grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, falsifying business records, false instrument filing and money laundering.

The Post reported Sunday that the AG also is investigating Bronx County Clerk Luis Diaz, who was suspended from his duties by the court system pending the outcome of the probe. Diaz, a former assemblyman, is being targeted for his ties to Aguila, sources familiar with the probe said.

Aguila Inc. has been awarded $250 million in city contracts to provide shelter for the homeless since 2012, though Rivera complained in a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio last year that it lost business because of disputes with the Department of Homeless Services.

Audits done in the past by the city comptroller’s office had identified shoddy and unsafe conditions at some its shelters and lax oversight by the city Department of Homeless Services.

Rivera and Aguila Inc. had no immediate comment. The attorney general’s office declined comment.

Corruption involving not-for-profit groups intended to help the needy is nothing new in The Bronx.

Richard Izquierdo, the grandson of Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo, pleaded guilty a decade ago to swindling $115,000 from the SBCC Management Corp., a firm in the South Bronx that received federal grants to assist low-income tenants.

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