a.
wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343;
b.
soliciting, accepting, and receiving a campaign contribution by a foreign
national, in violation of Title 52, United States Code, Section 30121(a)(2); and
52.
C,
bribery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666(a)(1)(B).
It was a part and object of the conspiracy that ERIC ADAMS, the defendant, and
others known and unknown, knowingly having devised and intending to devise a scheme and
artifice to defraud, and for obtaining money and property by means of false and fraudulent
pretenses, representations, and promises, would and did transmit and cause to be transmitted by
means of wire, radio, and television communication in interstate and foreign commerce, writings,
signs, signals, pictures, and sounds, for the purpose of executing such scheme and artifice, in
violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343.
53.
It was further a part and object of the conspiracy that ERIC ADAMS, the defendant,
and others known and unknown, would and did knowingly and willfully solicit, accept, and
receive, directly and indirectly, a contribution and donation from a foreign national, and express
and implied promises to make a contribution and donation, in connection with a local election, to
wit, mayoral elections in the City of New York, aggregating $25,000 and more in a calendar year,
in violation of Title 52, United States Code, Sections 30121(a)(2) and 30109(d)(1)(A)(i).
54.
It was further a part and object of the conspiracy that ERIC ADAMS, the defendant,
being an agent of a local government, to wit, the City of New York, which, in a one-year period,
received benefits in excess of $10,000 under a federal program involving a grant, contract, subsidy,
loan, guarantee, insurance, and other form of federal assistance, corruptly solicited and demanded
for the benefit of a person, and accepted and agreed to accept, a thing of value from a person,
intending to be influenced and rewarded in connection with business, a transaction, and a series
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