Mohamed Bahi, who resigned Monday from his job in Mayor Eric Adams' administration, was arrested early Tuesday morning for allegedly obstructing the investigation into the mayor and his campaign. Bahi served as senior liaison in the Adams administration's community affairs until his resignation on Monday.

Mohamed Bahi, the mayor's liaison to the Muslim community, is involved with arranging straw donations for Mayor Eric Adams.

Mohamed Bahi, who resigned Monday from the mayor’s office of community affairs, was accused of instructing witnesses to lie to federal authorities.

Mohamed Bahi, a staffer in Mayor Adams’ office who resigned Monday, has been hit with criminal charges alleging he destroyed evidence and tampered with witnesses in the ongoing federal corruption investigation that resulted in the mayor’s indictment last month.

Mayor Eric Adams praised former aide Mohamed Bahi on Tuesday following his arrest on federal charges of witness tampering and destruction of evidence concerning the federal investigation that preceded Adams’ own corruption indictment late last month.

Federal prosecutors unsealed a criminal complaint on Tuesday, Oct. 8, charging former New York City Hall official Mohamed Bahi with witness tampering and destruction of evidence in connection with "a federal investigation of unlawful contributions to a particular 2021 mayoral campaign.

Mohamed Bahi, who recently resigned from New York Mayor Eric Adams’s administration, faces federal charges in connection with Adams’s 2021 campaign.

According to officials, Bahi allegedly instructed witnesses to lie to federal investigators and deleted potentially incriminating messages in an effort to obstruct the investigation.

Federal prosecutors allege that Mohamed Bahi told a businessman and campaign donors to lie to the FBI in June.