Former NYC Police Commissioner Edward Caban’s twin brother allegedly impersonated him at precinct stationhouses in a brazen scheme to scuttle cops from probing “illegal activity” at clubs that were paying a protection fee, according to a complaint filed by a whistleblower NYPD lieutenant.
James Caban showed up at the 34th Precinct in Washington Heights at least five times and “falsely” led cops to believe he was his brother “to influence precinct enforcement activities related to lounges and other forms of nightlife entertainment,” according to the bombshell complaint, filed Thursday with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The Cabans are 58-year-old twins from the Bronx. James Caban, a former police officer, was fired from the department two decades ago after a fight with a taxi driver.
Mayor Adams appointed Edward Caban to commissioner in 2023 but he resigned in September 2024 after his phone was confiscated amid a federal probe involving club enforcement…