Federal investigators seized the phones of NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban and other high-ranking department officials as part of a city corruption investigation, according to law enforcement sources.
Federal officials took the devices from Caban and two NYPD lieutenants who worked in the commissioner’s office and on his detail, sources said. The phone of a lieutenant in the 10th Precinct was also confiscated.
Federal authorities also requested NYPD Chief of Staff Raul Pintos and two precinct commanders in Queens and Manhattan turn over their phones, according to sources.
Sources said none of the officials are being questioned, but the NYPD has been asked to isolate emails from high-ranking executives.
“The Department is aware of an investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York involving members of service. The Department is fully cooperating in the investigation,” an NYPD spokesperson said in a statement.
In a separate probe, the FBI raided the homes of multiple top aides to Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday, City Hall sources confirmed to PIX11 News.
The raids appear to be a separate investigation from the ongoing FBI probe into the mayor’s campaign, a source familiar with the matter said. There have been no charges or indictments, and it’s not clear what the separate investigation might be, the source said. (Read more: PIX11, 9/5/2024) (Archive)