Two NYPD Allegedly Officers Caught in Crypto Kidnapping Storm, Duties Curtailed

Two detectives have faced modified duty as NYPD inspectors examine claims they moonlighted for alleged crypto criminals who kidnapped and tortured an Italian businessman in a SoHo apartment. One officer reportedly drove the victim from the airport before the weeks-long ordeal began.
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NYC Comptroller Rejects Mayor Adams’s “Bitbond” Proposal as Legally and Fiscally Flawed

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has firmly rejected Mayor Eric Adams’s Bitbond plan, calling Bitcoin-backed municipal bonds legally dubious and fiscally unsound. He says crypto volatility could erode investor trust, and federal tax rules bar such debt from funding local projects.
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