UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ERIC ADAMS, Defendant. SEALED INDICTMENT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
ERIC ADAMS,
Defendant.
SEALED INDICTMENT
24Cr.
24r CRIM 556
Overview
l. In 2014, ERIC ADAMS, the defendant, became Brooklyn Borough President.
Thereafter, for nearly a decade, ADAMS sought and accepted improper valuable benefits, such as
luxury international travel, including from wealthy foreign business people and at least one Turkish
government official seeking to gain influence over him. By 2018, ADAMS-who had by then
made known his plans to run for Mayor of New York City-not only accepted, but sought illegal