Posted on 06/24/2026 6:37:38 PM PDT by Libloather
Ex-Mayor Eric Adams’ former top adviser and political power broker was arrested Wednesday, and authorities raided the homes of several ex-NYPD officials as part of multiple corruption probes.
Frank Carone, 56, had his home searched by the feds in the early morning operation and was arrested in an alleged bribery scheme that also involved his brother Anthony Carone, 54, according to police sources.
Separately, the FBI seized former chief of department Jeff Maddrey’s phone seized today, sources said.
And the NYPD and the FBI conducted search warrants to seize phones from Assistant Chief James McCarthy, and the NYPD’s former top spokesperson Tarik Sheppard in connection to NYPD internal affairs investigation though it wasn’t immediately clear what the underlying allegations are, sources said.
McCarthy has been placed on modified duty, according to the NYPD.
Carone was hit with a 13-count indictment unsealed Wednesday alleging that while he was serving as Adams’ chief of staff in 2022 he received $120,000 in bribes funneled through his brother’s law firm that he used to pay off his credit cards.
Frank received 12 monthly $10,000 payments from Yan Po “Andy” Zhu, who owned Microtel Inn by Wyndham in Long Island City, and from Zhu’s business manager Crysten Chen after he helped the hotel clinch a $6.825 million one-year contract to run a migrant shelter at their establishment, the court papers allege.
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Top Eric Adams aide Frank Carone puts up lux Boca Raton pad to make bond on bribery charges – as phone shenanigans revealed
Indicted Eric Adams adviser Frank Carone posed for pic outside ritzy Long Island mansion with alleged bribe buddy
Straight out of the Carleone crime syndicate.....
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