FBI agents conducted a series of raids targeting high-profile officials within the New York Police Department (NYPD) and Democrat Mayor Eric Adams’s administration. Federal authorities searched NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban’s home as part of an ongoing corruption probe that has plagued Adams’s tenure.
The investigation also saw agents raid the homes of NYPD Chief Raul Pintos and two precinct commanders in Queens and Manhattan. Concurrently, federal agents targeted properties belonging to Sheena Wright in Hamilton Heights and Phil Banks in Hollis, Queens. Additionally, Terence Banks, former Metropolitan Transportation Authority official, and current lobbyist, was included in the scope of the investigation.
Mayor Adams’s aide Timothy Pearson reportedly had his phones subpoenaed. This follows a pattern of investigative actions involving Mayor Adams, whose cell phone and laptop were confiscated last November during a separate investigation into his 2021 campaign. The same operation also included a raid on the home of his campaign treasurer, Brianna Suggs.
The probe leading to the raid on Commissioner Caban’s residence is reportedly unrelated to the campaign financing investigation but signifies a broader effort to root out endemic corruption within the city.
