Mohamed Bahi, a former senior liaison in New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s administration, has been charged with witness tampering and destruction of evidence in a widening federal investigation involving bribery allegations against Adams.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the 40-year-old Bahi, of Staten Island, was arrested on Oct. 8 after prosecutors alleged he instructed individuals to lie to FBI agents and deleted encrypted communications during a federal search.
The charges stem from a probe into Adams’s 2021 mayoral campaign, where authorities claim straw donors funneled illegal contributions from foreign sources.
Bahi is accused of obstructing the investigation by directing a businessman and campaign donors to provide false statements to investigators in June. In July, Bahi allegedly deleted the encrypted messaging app Signal—used to communicate with Adams—while FBI agents executed a search warrant at his home….