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3 former NYPD cops, former prosecutor charged in gun licensing scheme

by Brian Seay

Prosecutors allege the four men traded cash, booze, guns and “the services of prostitutes” for quicker processing on gun licenses.

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NYPD concealed carry license ‘fixer’ pleads guilty in permit for profit scheme

by Chris Eger

A Brooklyn man who paid New York Police Department officials to get as many as 150 gun licenses expedited for his customers plead guilty to bribery charges in federal court on Thursday.

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3 NYPD cops implicated in alleged gun permit for profit scheme

by Chris Eger

A number of officers have been reassigned as part of an investigation stemming from the arrest of a Brooklyn man who allegedly bribed officials to get 150 gun licenses.

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Alex "Shaya" Lichtenstein alex Lichtenstein brooklyn Concealed Carry Crime Deputy Inspector Michael Endall Gun Laws Henry Pitman internal affairs Internal Affairs Bureau manhattan new york gun licence new york police department New York Police Department License Division nyc gun permit nypd bribery nypd permit bribe One Police Plaza Police Politics & 2nd Amendment Preet Bharara Richard Avery Finkel Richard Ochetal Sgt. David Villanueva Shomrim William Bratton