Tag Archives: Ed Mullins

Bloomberg News reports: The former head of the union representing New York City police sergeants admitted he claimed hundreds of thousands of dollars in phony expenses. Edward D. Mullins, 61, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of wire fraud in Manhattan federal court. He said he submitted hundreds of fake expense reports to a Sergeants Benevolent Association fund to cover …

From the Justice Department: Beginning in 2017, MULLINS devised a scheme to fund his personal expenses through SBA dollars. Specifically, MULLINS charged his personal credit card for, among other things, hundreds of high-end meals, clothing, jewelry, home appliances, and a relative’s college tuition. MULLINS then submitted, typically by email, fraudulent and inflated expense reports to the Treasurer of the SBA, …

The New York Daily News reports: Firebrand former NYPD union boss Ed Mullins surrendered to federal authorities Wednesday after being hit with federal criminal charges for allegedly plundering his union’s bank accounts, the Daily News has learned. The charges, which have not been officially presented, center around Mullins’ alleged misuse of union funds as president of the Sergeant’s Benevolent Association, …

The New York Daily News reports: Ex-Sergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins filed for retirement after being stripped of his gun and shield Wednesday, one day after the FBI raided the union’s headquarters and his Long Island home. A source said the federal investigation centered on suspected misuse of union funds. The Sergeants Benevolent Association cannot provide an attorney for …

The New York Daily News reports: The controversial president of the union representing NYPD sergeants resigned Tuesday after federal investigators searched the union’s headquarters and his home. Sergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins resigned at the request of the union’s board, the board said in a letter to its membership late Tuesday. Mullins was a brash leader known for his …

The New York Times reports: Federal investigators on Tuesday morning raided the Manhattan office of one of New York City’s main police unions in connection with an ongoing investigation, according to two people with the knowledge of the matter. The union, the Sergeants Benevolent Association, represents about 13,000 active and retired police sergeants in New York. Its headquarters were searched …

The New York Post reports: The head of the NYPD’s sergeants union — who is facing up to a two-month discipline over social media posts that include calling the Big Apple’s former health commissioner a “bitch” and a lawmaker a “first class whore” — has defended his actions and says he refuses to apologize for them. In a Monday letter …

Gothamist reports: The Department of Justice vowed to strip federal funding from New York and two other cities on Monday, following a legally dubious directive issued by President Trump earlier this month to withhold money from “anarchist jurisdictions.” While city leaders and New Yorkers mainly ridiculed the threatened cuts, the move was immediately celebrated by some of the city’s police …

The New York Daily News reports: The head of the union that represents New York City police sergeants resorted to nasty name-calling of a Bronx Councilman on Friday for demanding an independent investigation into a possible NYPD work slowdown. “This is what a first class whore looks like,” screamed the message sent from the Sergeants Benevolent Association’s Twitter account, which …

Axios reports: The head of the New York Police Department’s second-largest police union gave a television interview Friday afternoon while sitting in front of a mug emblazoned with QAnon imagery and slogans. The mug was positioned behind Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, during a roughly seven-minute interview on Fox News. The mug behind Mullins featured the word …