NYC Mayor’s Top Aide Subpoenaed as Witness in Racketeering Suit

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s chief of staff, Frank Carone, was subpoenaed for documents in a $4.5 million federal civil racketeering lawsuit over alleged fraudulent insurance charges.

The subpoena to Carone, who is not a defendant in the suit and isn’t accused of misconduct, is part of insurance giant Geico Corp.’s broader allegations that several New York and New Jersey doctors and medical clinics submitted “thousands of fraudulent no-fault insurance charges” related to motor vehicle accidents, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Brooklyn.

Before becoming the mayor’s gatekeeper, Carone, a longtime Brooklyn power ...