Exclusive | Feds order NYPD not to destroy electronic files amid Adams probe: police sources

The NYPD was served with an evidence preservation letter by federal agents ordering them not to destroy any electronic files — as investigators target information linked to alleged influence peddling at Big Apple nightclubs by Police Commissioner Edward Caban’s twin brother, The Post has learned.“They’re asking that all the hard disks and servers be preserved because the federal government thinks there’s evidence of corruption on those machines,” a police source told The Post Saturday.The feds delivered the letter to the department’s legal bureau at 1 Police Plaza on Friday.

The move follows a flurry of subpoenas targeting top members of the Adams administration.James Caban, the commissioner’s twin and a former cop, allegedly created a “nightlife consultancy company” and told the clubs to hire the company’s employees, claiming “I’ll be able to make your place safer if you hire my security people,” police sources told The Post Saturday.James Caban allegedly also told the clubs he could call precinct commanders, his brother or Deputy Mayor of Public Safety Philip Banks if they had trouble, the source said.So if the city “receives several complaints about a Midtown club instead of having cops write summonses or even shut it down” it can be handled by the administration or police brass, a source said.The IRS is now involved in the investigation because they believe money actually exchanged hands between James Caban’s company or others and the clubs, the source said.In recent days, the feds subpoenaed the phones of various police officers in areas that have a high concentration of restaurants and clubs.They took the phones of Assistant Chief James N.

McCarthy, commander of Patrol Borough Manhattan South, which covers all of southern Manhattan, Assistant Chief Kevin Williams Sr., the commanding officer of Patrol Borough Queens South , and Deputy Inspector Robert Gault, commander of the Midtown North Precinct, police sources said.They al...