The right-handed man, embarrassed by former NYPD chief Jeffrey Madrid chief, was fired from his job after being caught up in the same sex-for-overtime scandal that he sunk his boss, police and sources.
Deputy Chief Paul Saraceno was kicked out this month after it was allegedly signed numerous old overtime slips for the then LT. According to law enforcement sources, Quathisha Epps, who is allegedly involved in the bonus backs quid pro Quo with Madrid, said.
Last year, Epps, the top ot owner of the $403,515 division, ended the NYPD last year after accusing Madrid of forcing her into gender.
Madrid resigned shortly after being contacted about the EPPS claims.
Saraceno said, “It is said that he grabbed a bundle of overtime slips from November (EPPS) from the beginning of 2024, and grabbed more than 170 of them.
Sources say the Deputy Commissioner has suppressed the slip despite noticing that there was an aggressive investigation into the EPP’s astronomical additional wages.
Saraceno placed the retirement papers to the Pension Committee on Thursday, according to internal police documents obtained by the Post Office.
He leaves under state clauses enacted in 2011 and is eligible to retire if NYPD members are fired for more than 20 years at work.
After the allegations first come to light, Saraceno, who was initially demoted from his position, sticks to his pension, but does not receive a letter indicating that he left on good terms or maintains the gun, another police source told the Post.
He did not immediately reply to a message seeking comment.
The NYPD confirmed Thursday that NYPD commissioner Jessica Tish has ended this month as he works to eradicate corruption within the agency based on the scandal.
Part of that effort was to reorganize the Department of Home Affairs and additional offices after alleged sexual contracts became apparent.
Madrid denied the abuse by calling Epps sex a “consensus.” Police sources previously said EPPS had retired in January.
Both federal prosecutors and the NYPD have begun investigating the charges.
Chris Monaghan, chairman of the NYPD Captains Fund Association, told the Post that Saraceno reported directly to Madrid, “He was arrested between a rock and a difficult place.”
Saraceno was disciplined in 2022 under then-top police officer Kechant Swell after discovering that the interior inspection misused departmental time and submitted an incorrect timesheet, police sources said.
