Federal agents arrest Frank Carone and several associates on allegations of a bribery scheme tied to a migrant shelter contract, and an arraignment is scheduled for this afternoon.Investigators from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District, with assistance from the FBI, also search homes linked to former NYPD officials Jeffery Maddrey, James McCarthy and Tarik Sheppard in a related inquiry into possible misappropriation of department funds.Frank Carone, who left City Hall to join
Abrams Fensterman after serving as Mayor
Eric Adams's chief of staff and who stepped down in December 2022 under an agreement, and his lawyers
Russell Capone and
Andrew Goldstein decline to comment as prosecutors prepare filings that may add charges and defendants.