"BROOKLYN - LONGTIME BROOKLYN POWER BROKER and attorney Frank Carone, onetime counsel to the Brooklyn Democratic Party and a firm ally of former mayor Eric Adams, is under investigation over corruption allegations by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, several sources told the New York Times ."
"The investigation has reportedly been ongoing since at least May of 2024, when several clients of Carone's Oaktree Solutions consulting firm were subpoenaed over what one source said appeared to be an inquiry into various real estate and business deals."
"Carone in a statement to the Times denied all wrongdoing and blamed the allegations on professional rivalries and jealousy, as well as anti-Italian American bigotry."
Frank Carone, a longtime Brooklyn power broker and attorney who once served as counsel to the Brooklyn Democratic Party and allied with former mayor Eric Adams, is under investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York on corruption allegations. The investigation has reportedly been ongoing since at least May 2024, when several clients of Carone's Oaktree Solutions consulting firm were subpoenaed in what sources described as an inquiry into various real estate and business deals. Carone denied all wrongdoing and attributed the allegations to professional rivalries, jealousy, and anti-Italian American bigotry.
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