Frank Carone, 56, was taken into custody on federal corruption charges in connection with a bribery scheme on Wednesday.
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Frank Carone, 56, was taken into custody on federal corruption charges in connection with a bribery scheme on Wednesday.
Frank Carone, his brother Anthony, and two other individuals were arrested on Wednesday morning over an alleged bribery scheme involving a city contract. Frank Carone, 56, was taken into custody on federal corruption charges in connection with a bribery scheme on Wednesday. Federal agents arrested former New York Mayor Eric Adams’s chief of staff as part of a wider corruption investigation, according to several outlets.
Frank Carone, Adams’s first chief of staff, was reportedly arrested with three others as part of a bribery probe. A chief of staff to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams and several other people have been arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged bribery scheme involving a city contract, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Fortune reported the story as "Former chief of staff to NYC Mayor Eric Adams—who was indicted on bribery and fraud charges—also arrested for bribery and fraud charges." Daily Mail US reported the story as "Right-hand man to former NYC mayor Eric Adams is arrested in corruption probe as cops raid his $2million home."
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4 sources have covered this story, including Daily Mail US, Fortune, Washington Examiner and Washington Times. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 2 hours ago.
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