Former Sergeants Benevolent Association president Ed Mullins was sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday, months after pleading guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the police union, prosecutors said.

Mullins, 61, of Port Washington, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay the SBA $600,000 and forfeit $600,000, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said in a news release.


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  • Former Sergeants Benevolent Association president Ed Mullins was sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday, months after pleading guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the police union, prosecutors said

  • Prosecutors said Mullins stole at least $600,000 from the SBA by filing hundreds of fraudulent expense reports between 2017 and 2021. Mullins resigned from the SBA, which represents around 13,000 active and retired NYPD sergeants, in October 2021

  • Mullins, 61, of Port Washington, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay the SBA $600,000 and forfeit $600,000, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said

“Mullins publicly vowed to protect the interests of the thousands of active and retired sergeants that he represented. But behind the scenes, Mullins stole from the SBA and its members, treating the SBA as his personal piggy bank,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement.

“In doing so, Mullins disgraced his uniform, broke the law and undermined the public’s trust in law enforcement,” Williams added.

Prosecutors said Mullins stole at least $600,000 from the SBA by filing hundreds of fraudulent expense reports between 2017 and 2021.

Mullins used his personal credit card to buy luxury goods, pay for meals at restaurants and make other purchases, then filed “false and inflated” expense reports for the charges with his union, prosecutors said.

Some of the expense reports he filed were for meals that were not related to SBA business, prosecutors said. Mullins also logged reports for both SBA- and non-SBA-related meals that inflated their costs, and filed reports claiming bills for clothing and groceries were for SBA-related meals, according to prosecutors.

Mullins resigned from the SBA, which represents around 13,000 active and retired NYPD sergeants, in October 2021, hours after the FBI raided his home and the union’s headquarters.

In a statement provided to NY1, Mullins’ attorney, Thomas Kenniff, said, “While we firmly believe the goals of this sentence could have been achieved without incarceration, we are pleased that the court sentenced Mr. Mullins well below the 41 months the government sought.”