Shaya lichtenstein
Lichtenstein paid officers in the NYPD's Licensing Division up to $1,000 per illicit gun license that they approved for his clients.
Feds Say They Have Recordings Of Possibly Illegal Conversations Between Cops And Brooklyn Gun Dealer
The gun dealer who pleaded guilty to bribing cops to get gun licenses for his clients also recorded his conversations with police according to federal prosecutors.
He reportedly has ties to a neighborhood patrol officer accused of bribing cops for gun licenses.
Taj Patterson was left blind in one eye after he was attacked by five men that prosecutors say were members of the ultra-Orthodox Williamsburg Safety Patrol.
Shomrim members have been accused of bribing NYPD officers and trying to bury cases that involve their own volunteers.
The NYPD was giving licenses to people convicted of felonies.
The city gave the group $425,000 in taxpayer money over the last six years.