The admission is the latest in a cascade of federal investigations that have engulfed top aides to Mayor Eric Adams and top NYPD officials. Donlon, himself a former FBI agent, was a rare out-of-department appointment, brought in to lead the NYPD amid growing concerns about agency leadership and credibility.

Federal authorities executed a search warrant at the residences of NYPD interim commissioner Thomas Donlon just over a week after he took on the position, he said in a statement Saturday night.