Feds subpoena Brooklyn church over possible dealings with key Adams adviser Frank Carone

Federal investigators person subpoenaed a Brooklyn religion successful transportation with imaginable concern dealings betwixt 1 of its clergyman and Frank Carone, 1 of Mayor Adams’ astir influential advisers, 2 sources acquainted with the substance confirmed to the Daily News precocious Thursday.

The subpoena, which was first reported by WNBC, requested documents and was issued precocious to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church successful Williamsburg, wherever the priest, Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, has served arsenic pb pastor since 2017, the sources said.

Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello (Facebook)

The subpoenas were issues successful transportation with a probe led by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office, sources confirmed. The absorption of the probe wasn’t instantly clear, nor person either Carone oregon Gigantiello — who are longtime friends — been accuised of immoderate wrongdoing. The subpoena requested accusation astir imaginable concern and fiscal dealings betwixt Carone and Gigantiello, the sources said.

Corporate records and tribunal documents reviewed by The News amusement Gigantiello and Carone are partners successful a firm entity that, successful turn, held a involvement successful a institution named arsenic a suspect successful a civilian suit alleging security fraud. It’s unclear if the national enquiry is successful immoderate mode related to those allegations and a spokesman for the Brooklyn U.S. lawyer didn’t instrumentality a petition for comment.

Carone, who served arsenic Adams’ archetypal main of unit and is present moving a lobbying firm portion chairing the mayor’s reelection campaign, said precocious Thursday helium doesn’t cognize thing astir a subpoena to the church.

(L-R) Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, Mayor Eric Adams and Frank Carone. (Facebook)

Gigantiello didn’t instrumentality a petition for comment, but a rep for the Brooklyn Diocese, of which Mount Carmel is simply a part, said: “We cannot corroborate oregon contradict receipt of a subpoena. What I tin accidental is the Diocese is afloat committed to cooperating with instrumentality enforcement successful each investigations, including of behaviour astatine idiosyncratic parishes oregon involving immoderate priest.”

Arthur Aidala, who is simply a defence lawyer and person of Gigantellos, told NBC: “As acold arsenic I know, Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello is not the people of immoderate federal, authorities oregon metropolis investigation.”

The firm entity Carone and Gigantiello are partners successful is called DMC Capital Group. Gigantiello holds a 7.5% involvement successful that entity, portion Carone’s household trust, which helium controls, holds a 24.67% stake, concern records reviewed by The News show.

DMC Capital Group is, successful turn, among the investors down a firm entity called Financial Vision Group IV, records show.

Financial Vision was past twelvemonth named arsenic a suspect successful a civilian suit filed by GEICO successful Brooklyn Federal Court that alleges the firm entity helped money a fraudulent strategy that progressive doctors billing the security institution for $3.5 cardinal successful no-fault aesculapian procedures that either didn’t instrumentality spot oregon were unnecessary.

Carone, who isn’t named arsenic a suspect successful the suit, told the Daily News astatine the clip of the filing that helium made loans successful transportation with the Financial Vision Group companies that were morganatic and that helium had “no relation whatsoever” successful thing untoward. A rep for Carone besides said helium was nary longer progressive with the companies.

Besides being concern partners, Carone and Gigantiello person said they’ve been adjacent friends for decades. They traveled unneurotic earlier this twelvemonth with Mayor Adams to Rome, wherever the politician met Pope Francis.

A root straight acquainted with their relationship said Carone and Gigantiello are similar “family members.”

“They walk holidays together, birthdays together,” the root said.

Word of the religion subpoena comes arsenic Adams’ medication and run are facing four abstracted national corruption investigations that resulted successful respective of his apical advisers, including 2 lawman mayors, the schools chancellor and the constabulary commissioner, getting their homes raided and electronics seized by the feds this month. No 1 has to day been accused of wrongdoing successful those probes, astir of which are being led by the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office.