Former NYC cop admits to orchestrating bribes for expedited gun licenses
Former NYPD Lieutenant Paul Dean, center, exits a federal courthouse in Manhattan after being arrested and charged with two counts to conspiracy to commit bribery and one count of extortion, Manhattan, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. (Photo: Newsday)8/21/18 | by Christen Smith
A former lieutenant with the New York Police Department admitted this week in federal court he conspired to bribe city officials into expediting gun licenses for unqualified applicants.
Paul Dean faces up to five years in prison for orchestrating a bribery scheme between at least three dealers and law enforcement officials in the city’s licensing department to fast-track applications for gun permits and overlook certain clients’ violent criminal histories.
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https://www.guns.com/2018/08/21/former-nyc-cop-admits-to-orchestrating-bribes-for-expedited-gun-licenses/
