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“As alleged in the indictment, these defendants disgraced their badges and betrayed the public trust and their oaths as police officers by lining their pockets with cash bribes,” Acting Brooklyn U. S. Attorney Kasulis said.
By Forum Staff
An indictment was unsealed Friday in federal court in Brooklyn charging two City cops and one retired NYPD officer for their alleged roles in a bribery scheme, prosecutors announced. In exchange for bribes, the two current cops allegedly steered damaged vehicles to a tow truck company operated by the former officer.
James Davneiro, 42, Giancarlo Osma, 39, and Michael Perri, 39, have been charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the Travel Act and one count of using interstate facilities to commit bribery. During the relevant period, Davneiro, Osma, and Perri were NYPD officers assigned to the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows. Perri retired from the NYPD in June 2020.
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107th Precinct stationhouse in Fresh Meadows.
Beginning in approximately May 2020, after Davneiro and Osma responded as NYPD officers to automobile accidents, they would steer the damaged vehicles to a licensed tow trucking and automobile repair business operated by Perri, instead of using the NYPD’s Directed Accident Response Program, as legally required. That program requires the NYPD to identify appropriate licensed tow trucking and automobile repair businesses to respond to automobile accident scenes and remove damaged vehicles. In exchange for steering the removal and repair of damaged vehicles to Perri’s business, Perri paid Davneiro and Osma thousands of dollars in cash bribes.
“As alleged in the indictment, these defendants disgraced their badges and betrayed the public trust and their oaths as police officers by lining their pockets with cash bribes,” said Acting Brooklyn U. S. Attorney Jacquelyn Kasulis. “We will continue to root out and prosecute corruption by those who are sworn to enforce and uphold the law.”
If convicted, the defendants face up to five years in prison.
