Sentences with phrase «nypd gun licensing»

So was Officer Richard Ochetal, who also worked in the NYPD gun licensing division.

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► David Villanueva - Sgt. Villanueva, who also worked in the NYPD's License Division, was stripped of his gun and badge and placed on modified duty after the US Attorney charged Lichtenstein with bribing officers in the division for access to gun licenses for his friends.

► Richard Ochetal - The officer assigned to the NYPD's License Division was stripped of his gun and badge and placed on modified duty along with Sgt. David Villanueva following Lichtenstein's arrest.

► Alex Lichtenstein - A Brooklyn businessman charged with bribing NYPD officers to expedite gun licenses for his friends and associates.

In November, Lichtenstein pleaded guilty to bribing NYPD officials to obtain gun licenses and was expected be sentenced to 57 - 71 months in prison.

In exchange, Villanueva will say he helped Chambers get gun licenses with the NYPD and with the Nassau County Police Department.

Also Monday, the feds arrested Sgt. David Villanueva and Officer Richard Ochetal of the NYPD License Division for allegedly taking cash bribes from Brooklyn businessman, Alex Lichtenstein, who wanted gun permits for undeserving applicants paying him as much as $ 18,000 each.

Alex Lichtenstein is accused of bribing NYPD officers for gun license permits, prosecutors said.

The NYPD has revoked the gun carry permits of more than two dozen people who got them through a shady middleman indicted for bribing NYPD cops working in the department's Licensing Division, sources tell the NY Post.

At the same time Lichtenstein was allegedly bribing officers in Brooklyn's gun - licensing division, two NYPD cops abruptly retired from the unit to start a business helping people get pistol permits.

Two other officers from the NYPD License Division have also been stripped of their guns and badges during the probe for allegedly taking bribes from a Borough Park - based businessman, who was arrested for allegedly arranging gun permits for friends and clients for up to $ 18,000 each.

Lichtenstein — a member of Shomrim, the Orthodox Jewish crime - prevention group in Borough Park — approached an NYPD officer in April and offered thousands of dollars in cash bribes to secure gun licenses for associates, federal prosecutors said.

MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT — The Brooklyn businessman charged with bribing NYPD officials to obtain gun licenses choked back tears as he confessed to the crime Thursday.

Federal officials Monday unsealed corruption charges against four NYPD officers and two businessmen linked to Mayor Bill de Blasio, popping the lid off an explosive scandal in which top cops allegedly got payoffs and prostitutes to provide help ranging from gun licenses and police escorts to closing a Lincoln Tunnel lane.

Eight other officers — the majority are high - ranking officials — have been disciplined so far in the growing scandal, including a sergeant and an officer in the NYPD License Division who are suspected of taking money in exchange for helping applicants obtain gun permits.

He allegedly conspired for years to bribe police officers to obtain gun licenses from the NYPD and sell them to people in his Brooklyn community.

In addition to the arrest, three NYPD officers who were part of the division that processes gun licenses, faced administrative charges related to the widening probe.

Lichtenstein reportedly bragged that he had used his NYPD connections in the past to obtain gun licenses.

The Shomrim was part of an ongoing federal probe involving two businessmen and a number of NYPD supervisors — and in 2016, the FBI investigated what role the supervisors may have played in securing gun licenses for members of Shomrim.

The FBI is looking into two NYPD cops who abruptly retired from the gun - licensing division to start a business helping people get pistol permits — at the same time a...