Former NYPD Officer Sentenced To 90 Months In Prison For Bribery, Narcotics, And Firearms Offenses

 

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that ANDREW NGUYEN, a former officer in the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), was sentenced to 90 months in prison for conspiring to solicit and receive bribes, conspiring to distribute narcotics, and possessing a firearm in connection with the conspiracy to distribute narcotics, in connection with his role as an NYPD officer.  NGUYEN previously pled guilty on January 29, 2026, before U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres, who imposed today’s sentence.

“Andrew Nguyen repeatedly abused his position of public trust by soliciting and accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribe payments,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton.  “In exchange, he helped the leader of a drug trafficking organization, including by transporting kilograms of dangerous drugs, providing armed protection, and using an NYPD police car and equipment to conduct and document a fake car stop and seizure.  In short, Nguyen endangered the very community that he swore an oath to protect.  The greatest police department in the world does not accept corruption in its ranks, and this Office was proud to partner with them to root it out.  Today’s sentencing sends a message from the NYPD and the DOJ: corruption has no place in the world’s greatest police force.”  

According to the Indictment, plea agreement, and statements made in court:

For approximately three years, between at least in or about 2020 and at least in or about November 2023, NGUYEN used his position as a police officer in the NYPD to solicit and accept tens of thousands of dollars in bribe payments in exchange for assisting another individual (“CC-1”) with the operation of CC-1’s drug trafficking enterprise.  For example, NGUYEN transported drugs, including approximately eight kilograms of cocaine, for CC-1 while NGUYEN was armed with a firearm, including NGUYEN’s NYPD-authorized off-duty firearm, which NGUYEN planned to use to protect CC-1 if violence occurred. While transporting those drugs, NGUYEN also carried his NYPD credentials and an NYPD parking placard, which NGUYEN planned to use to evade arrest in the event he was pulled over by other members of the NYPD. Overall, NGUYEN, who was at all relevant times an officer in the NYPD, accepted more than $30,000 in bribe payments from CC-1 (and solicited tens of thousands of dollars in additional bribes) in connection with NGUYEN’s participation in CC-1’s drug trafficking enterprise.

In addition to his prison term, NGUYEN, 41, of Harriman, New York, was sentenced to three years of supervised release.

Mr. Clayton praised the outstanding work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau.