Three current and former NYPD cops were busted Friday in a tow truck company bribery scheme, officials announced.
James Davneiro, 42, Giancarlo Osma, 39 and Michael Perri, 32, were arrested by the FBI on charges of conspiracy to violate the travel act and using interstate facilities to commit bribery.
Davneiro and Osma, who are assigned to the 107th Precinct in Queens, responded to car accidents then allegedly steered damaged vehicles to a licensed tow truck and automobile repair business operated by Perri, according to court papers. They have both been suspended without pay.
Perri paid his pals thousands of dollars in kickbacks during the yearlong scheme that began in May 2020 — one month before he retired.
They were supposed to use the NYPD’s Directed Accident Response Program, which requires them to use a computer program that randomly selects a licensed towing business to ensure no company receives favored treatment.
“These defendants disgraced their badges and betrayed the public trust and their oaths as police officers by lining their pockets with cash bribes,” Acting US Attorney for the Eastern District Jacquelyn Kasulis said in a statement.
Three other NYPD officers were busted in May in connection to an unrelated tow truck bribery scheme operated out of the 105th Precinct.
“The NYPD cleans its own house,” said NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea. “Corruption is a crime and a violation of a police officer’s sworn oath.”
The trio are scheduled to be arraigned in Brooklyn federal court Friday afternoon. If convicted, they each face up to five years in prison.
Union lawyers will not be representing the accused cops, a spokesman for the Police Benevolent Association said.
Additional reporting by Craig McCarthy





