Ed Mullins, Former NYPD Coalition Head Facing Fraud Allegation, Filed Himself

The former president of a powerful New York City Police union surrendered to authorities on Wednesday to be charged with electronic fraud in Manhattan, according to two people briefed on the matter.

Former union president, Edward D. Mullinslongtime combatant leader of the Sergeant Benevolent Association, has been accused of inflating his union costs – for meals and other expenses – by $1 million over four years, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. know about this issue.

The person said that on several occasions Mr Mullins had inflated the cost of meals in connection with union-related business. In others, he received reimbursement for meals with his family that were unrelated to the union business.

Marc L. Mukasey, Mr. Mullins’ attorney, declined to comment on Wednesday. The FBI and the US attorney’s office in Manhattan also declined to comment.

The prosecution represents the latest chapter in the rapid fall in the career of Mr. Mullins, a once influential police union official who retired on November 5, the same day officials announced. he was found guilty of two ministerial misdemeanors and fined $32,000 for violating the rules governing the use of social media.

In a message Mr Mullins posted on Twitter, he made public a police report involving then-Mayor Bill de Blasio’s daughter. In others, he used vulgar language to denigrate city officials.

Mr. Mullins had left his union position a month earlier, hours after the Long Island home and the union’s headquarters in Manhattan raided by FBI agents. At the time, the union released a statement acknowledging the search and saying Mr Mullins was “clearly the target” of a federal investigation.

The union said in its statement that it had “no reason to believe that any other members” were “participated in or targeted in this matter.”

The union represents approximately 13,000 active and retired police sergeants in New York.

Mr. Mullins is expected to appear before a federal judge late Wednesday.