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Ed Mullins, disgraced ex-head of NYPD’s sergeants union,

sentenced to 2 years for stealing $600K from members
By Molly Crane-Newman and Graham Rayman
New York Daily News • Published: Aug 03, 2023 at 2:11 pm

Disgraced former head of the NYPD sergeants union Ed Mullins pleaded for mercy
Thursday before a judge sentenced him to two years in federal prison for looting his
union’s treasury.

“Any sentence is tragic,” said Manhattan federal court Judge John Koetl , who added
three years of post-release supervision to the prison time. “But the tragedy of the
sentence is certainly caused by the defendant’s actions.”

Prosecutors had asked Koetl to impose a stiffer term of 41 months.

Holding up a stack of hundreds of bogus expense reports Mullins billed the union over
four years, Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexandra Rothman said a law enforcement officer
and leader “who picks the very pockets of the men and women he is supposed to
protect” warranted strict punishment to deter others in positions of power from
similarly abusing it.

Mullins “on his own — again and again — orchestrating a scheme to steal hundreds of
thousands of dollars from the union,” Rothman said. “It was his idea, and he did it

again and again.”

Rothman noted that Mullins stole his members’ dues while on a $250,000 salary from
his perch as SBA’s outspoken leader, including billing for meals without receipts,
which he warned members against doing.

“Behind closed doors, he was a thief, a liar,” she said, describing the $600,000 Mullins
admitted to stealing as part of his plea to wire fraud as “extremely conservative.”

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said in court Thursday.

“I make no excuses. I made an incredibly bad decision,” he continued. “However, no

experience has changed me more than to be the accused of the criminal charge to
which I stand here before you, now awaiting judgment.”

Mullins, 61, saw his legacy tarnished when he was stripped of his gun and shield
following an October 2021 raid on his Long Island home and the union’s Manhattan
offices, prompting his retirement.

He surrendered on charges in February 2022 and pleaded guilty in January in a deal

with the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office.

Mullins, who asked for no prison time , said he was in a dark place after becoming a
convicted felon.

“Your Honor, I offer these words to be placed on the record in the hope that others will
learn and realize the result of what happens when good men fall from grace,” Mullins
said.

“For nearly 22 months, I have been existing in the shell of the man I used to be. I live
daily in a world of regret with an unforgiving soul that never seems to heal. Life has
completely crashed all around me, leaving me with a great deal of time to think.”

Then-SBA President Ed Mullins speaks during a press conference announcing the tentative agreement with the Sergeants'
Benevolent Association on a six-year deal for salary increases in 2007. (Gary He for the New York Daily News)

Prosecutors said Mullins billed the union for home appliances, a relative’s college
tuition, meals at high-end restaurants, designer clothing, jewelry, and other pricey
purchases through fake or inflated expense reports.

In the fallout over the Mullins probe , SBA citywide secretary Paul Capotosto was
ousted after the federal indictment. Prosecutors said he rubber-stamped Mullins’
inflated expenses without requiring receipts.

After joining the NYPD at age 20, Mullins rose to detective and then sergeant before
becoming president of the fifth-largest police union in the country in 2002. He
remained head of the union for almost two decades.

Ed Mullins, then-president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, speaks to the media at the Bronx County Hall of Justice
on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 in Bronx, N.Y. (James Keivom/New York Daily News)

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In his final years on the force, the loudmouth labor boss developed a reputation for
incendiary tweets, directing racist and misogynistic comments at elected officials and
their relatives.

Mullins, of Port Washington, must reimburse the union for what he admitted to
stealing and pay as much in fines, a penalty his lawyer Thomas Kenniff said would
drain his bank accounts.

Mullins posed for pictures but had no comment leaving court. He’s set to turn himself
into the federal Bureau of Prisons on Nov. 10.

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