Ex-NYPD officer gets 8½ years for drug trafficking, bribery scheme
A Harriman man and former NYPD officer got 8½ years in federal prison after prosecutors said he took bribes, moved cocaine and used police gear to dodge arrest.
Andrew Nguyen, a 41-year-old Harriman resident and former New York City police officer, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a bribery and drug-trafficking scheme that ran for roughly three years. He will also serve three years of supervised release.
Nguyen pleaded guilty on Jan. 29, 2026, to conspiring to solicit and receive bribes, conspiring to distribute narcotics and possessing a firearm in connection with a drug-trafficking conspiracy. He accepted more than $30,000 in bribe payments and asked for more while helping another man run a trafficking operation from at least 2020 through at least November 2023.
He transported approximately eight kilograms of cocaine, provided armed protection and used his police access to help the operation. He used NYPD credentials and an NYPD parking placard during a fake car stop and seizure in an effort to avoid arrest. The conduct included using his police car and equipment to aid the trafficking network.
U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres imposed the sentence on June 22, 2026. Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and New York City Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch called the case a breach of the trust officers are sworn to uphold, saying New Yorkers rely on NYPD officers and that Nguyen used that trust for profit. The Southern District includes Orange County.
Harriman had 2,714 residents in the 2020 census. Orange County’s estimated population was 417,669 as of July 1, 2025.
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