The appropriate-hand man to disgraced former NYPD chief of division Jeffrey Maddrey was fired from the job after he was caught up in the identical sex-for-overtime scandal that sunk his boss, police and sources informed The Put up Thursday.
Deputy Chief Paul Saraceno was pushed out this month after he allegedly signed off on scores of outdated time beyond regulation slips for then-Lt. Quathisha Epps, who was allegedly concerned in a sex-for-bonus bucks quid-pro-quo with Maddrey, a legislation enforcement supply mentioned.
Epps, who was the division’s prime OT earner to the tune of $403,515 final yr, exited the NYPD final yr after she accused Maddrey of coercing her into intercourse – a bombshell declare first reported on by The Put up.
Maddrey stepped down quickly after he was contacted about Epps’ claims, which included forcing her to have intercourse with him at NYPD headquarters.
Saraceno allegedly grabbed up a “bunch of overtime slips from (Epps) in November that were from earlier in 2024 and backdating more than 170 of them,” the supply mentioned.
The deputy chief allegedly signed off on the slips regardless that he was conscious there was an lively investigation into the astronomical further pay for Epps, in line with the supply.
Saraceno put his retirement papers in on the pension board Thursday, in line with an inside police doc obtained by The Put up.
He left beneath a state clause enacted in 2011 that enables NYPD members to retire if they’re dismissed with 20 years or extra on the job.
Saraceno, who was initially demoted from his place after the allegations first got here to gentle, will cling onto his pension however received’t obtain a letter that signifies he left on good phrases or preserve his gun, one other police supply informed The Put up.
He didn’t instantly return a message in search of remark.
The NYPD confirmed Thursday he was terminated this month as NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch works to root out corruption inside the scandal-scarred company.
A part of that effort concerned reorganizing the Inner Affairs Bureau and extra places of work after the alleged sex-for-OT deal got here to gentle.
Maddrey known as the intercourse with Epps “consensual” and denied any abuse. Police sources beforehand mentioned Epps retired in January.
Federal prosecutors and the NYPD each have opened investigations into the accusations.
Chris Monahan, the president of the NYPD’s Captains Endowment Affiliation, informed The Put up that Saraceno reported on to Maddrey and “he was caught between a rock and a hard place.”
Saraceno was disciplined in 2022 beneath then-top cop Keechant Sewell after an inside affairs probe discovered he misused division time and submitted a false timesheet, a police supply mentioned.
