Ed Mullins, former head of the powerful New York Police Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) union, was sentenced yesterday to two years in federal prison and three years of supervision for looting the union’s treasury.
He must enter prison on November 10. Besides they have to reimburse the union for what they admitted to stealing and pay fines, which, according to his lawyer Thomas Kenniff, would deplete his bank accounts, he narrowed Daily News. the sba it is the second largest police union in NYC and the 5th largest nationwide.
Behind closed doors he was a thief, a liar.”
Prosecutors had asked Judge John Koetl of Manhattan federal court to impose a stiffer term of 41 months in prison (3 years, 5 months), alleging that since 2017 he had been embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the SBA. to live large, including paying for meals, jewelry, clothing, tuition, and luxury appliances.
mullins, Donald Trump ally The 61-year-old was the subject of a double FBI raid in October 2021 on his Long Island home and union offices in Manhattan, prompting his retirement from the SBA. He surrendered to the charges in February 2022, pleading “not guilty”, but then in January of this year. reached an agreement with the Manhattan US Attorney’s office.
In the interim was sued by the SBA for $1 million dollars for his “fraudulent scheme to steal and misappropriate union funds Of the members”.
Assistant US Attorney Alexandra Rothman said a law enforcement officer and leader “who picks the pockets of the men and women he is supposed to protect” deserves strict punishment to deter others in positions of power from similarly abusing.
Mullins orchestrated “a plan to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from the union,” said prosecutor Rothman. “It was his idea, and he did it over and over again.”
It claimed that Mullins stole its members’ dues while He had a salary of $250,000. from his position as an outspoken leader of the SBA, including billing for meals without receipts, which he himself had warned members not to do.
“Behind closed doors I was a thief, a liar” the prosecutor said, describing as “extremely conservative” the $600,000 Mullins admitted to stealing as part of his wire fraud plea.
After joining the NYPD at the age of 20, Mullins rose to detective and then sergeant before becoming president of the fifth largest police union in the country in 2002, a position he held for nearly two decades until his arrest in the fall of 2021. He was a Trump supporter and visited him at the White House in February 2020.
In his later years as union boss Mullins developed a reputation for controversial messages, leading racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments to elected officials and their families.
