FBI agents raided the home of NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban on Wednesday.

According to the New York Post, federal agents also raided the “homes of deputy mayors Phil Banks and Sheena Wright.”

From the New York Post:

Another top Adams aide – Timothy Pearson – had his phones subpoenaed, according to the sources.

Phil Banks’ brother Terence Banks, a former MTA official and current lobbyist, was also targeted in the actions, sources said.

Wright shares a home in Harlem with Phil and Terence Banks’ brother David Banks, who is the city’s school chancellor. It’s unclear if the raid targeted one or both of them.

The purpose of the raids and subpoenas remained unclear Thursday, but sources said it did not appear to be related to another federal investigation into Adams’ 2021 campaign’s dealings with Turkey.

“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.

PIX 11 reports:

The FBI took 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.

The FBI 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.

 

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