High-ranking NYPD lieutenant busted for stealing $64K in city funds through bogus overtime slips: DA
A high-ranking NYPD lieutenant was busted Wednesday for allegedly stealing more than $64,000 in city funds by logging bogus overtime hours, Manhattan prosecutors said.Thomas Fabrizi, a lieutenant detective commander in the NYPD’s Major Case Squad, allegedly submitted falsified OT slips from July 2023 to February of last year — even raking in more than $10,000 in some months, according to an indictment unsealed in Manhattan Supreme Court.During some of the periods he allegedly claimed he was working, Fabrizi, 43, was instead driving home to Rockland County in an unmarked SUV assigned to the major case squad, according to the court documents. He also put in for OT for hours spent at home after returning from work — and for time periods where he never even traveled to New York City, and was just hanging out in Rockland County, prosecutors charged.Fabrizi — a 19-year veteran of the NYPD — is also accused of submitting overtime slips for time he spent working freelance for McCann Protective Services, a New York-based security firm, according to the court papers.Fabrizi allegedly never obtained the required NYPD authorization to work for that company, where he provided security for corporate clients and upscale events and VIP escorts, prosecutors said. The lieutenant resigned from the Major Case Squad last March, according to the indictment.The NYPD confirmed Wednesday that he was suspended without pay.Public records show Fabrizi made about $310,000 in compensation last year, racking up more than 1,090 hours in overtime for which he was paid $130,000.Fabrizi faces charges of grand larceny, falsifying business records and defrauding the government, according to the indictment. He pleaded not guilty and was released on his own recognizance.
His next court date is scheduled for April 8.The news of Fabrizi’s arrest comes about a month after former NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey faced a federal probe related to accusations he traded sexual favors wit...