Feds Join Hynes Investigation

Federal investigators are now part of the inquiry into former Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes’ financial dealings while in office.

The New York Post reports Attorney General Eric Schneiderman began his inquiry after the New York City Department of Investigation directed the AG to a report showing Hynes used $1.1 million in asset forfeiture money to pay Mortimer Matz – a political consultant – between 2003 and 2013. More than $200,000 went to Matz for Hynes’ 2013 campaign work.

Federal investigators have interviewed two DA detective investigators who are alleged to have driven Mortimer to and from his home while he worked as Hynes’ consultant.

In a move that will allow state and federal prosecutors to work more closely together in the investigation, two Brooklyn federal court US assistant attorneys were deputized by the attorney general’s office and two assistant attorney generals were deputized as federal prosecutors.