Question concerning nyserda appliance swap this past year?

I rented an apartment in NYS. The landlord called in to the appliance program to get a free fridge and was told he did not qualify. He put the request in our name, we qualified. Now, when we moved, we took the new fridge, since the old one had been taken and destroyed. Our landlord wants us to replace the one that was taken. Are we responsible? The new fridge was done with a signed contract with us as the owners. The landlord wants to have us arrested for grand larceny and a state trooper told us it can't happen. Its a civil matter. Question again, are we responsible to get them a new fridge?