The New York Times
By Ali Watkins and Nicole Hong
Two New York Police Department officers and a retired officer were charged Tuesday in federal court with running a yearslong bribery scheme that included kickbacks from a tow truck company and the selling of personal information of recent car crash victims to injury lawyers and physical therapists.
The retired officer, Robert Smith, is also accused of smuggling heroin for an unnamed criminal organization after he left the Police Department in March 2020.