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Frank Carone, a former aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, is alleged to have accepted approximately $120,000 in bribes to influence a $7 million city migrant housing contract. Carone and three co-defendants, including his brother Andrew Carone, hotel owner Yan Po Zhu, and Crystal Chen, were indicted on bribery and fraud charges.
Frank Carone, a former official in New York City Mayor Eric Adams' administration, is indicted on federal bribery charges for allegedly accepting approximately $120,000 in payments from Chinese nationals in exchange for directing a multimillion-dollar migrant shelter contract to a Queens hotel, with the scheme involving approximately $6.8 million in city funds.
A 13-count indictment charges four individuals, including the former NYC Mayoral Chief of Staff, with allegedly operating a bribery scheme that exploited federal and city funding designated for migrant shelter services. The charges include fraud, bribery, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and tax fraud.