Two women who worked for disgraced former NYPD chief Jeffrey Madley have been caught up in a federal investigation into an overtime sex scandal, the Post reports.
Law enforcement officials said investigators searched the home of Madley's former driver, Detectives Ingrid Sanders and Ada Reyes.
“The FBI visited them, executed search warrants, issued grand jury subpoenas, and identified them as targets of the investigation,” one of the people said. “They are at the center of this storm.”
The investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice's Southern District of New York is focused on whether federal funds were misused to pay for stolen overtime, officials told the Post.
The two women are not considered targets of the investigation and have not been charged, officials said.
The investigation began after the Post's Dec. 21 front-page exposé about Lieutenant Quatisha Epps, the NYPD's top overtime worker. She filed a federal complaint alleging that between June 2023 and December 16, 2024, Madley, then the department's top uniformed officer, used OT to coerce her into performing “unwanted sexual favors.” submitted a letter.
Records show Epps, 51, earned more than a shocking $400,000 last year, about half of which was in OT. Through her lawyer, Madeley has repeatedly maintained that the sexual relationship was consensual.
Epps relayed the sexual allegations in excruciating detail to the Post, calling the then-chief a “predator.” Mr. Madrid resigned after the Post reached out to the NYPD for comment.
“He wanted anal sex, vaginal sex, oral sex,” Epps said. “He was always asking me to kiss his penis.”
Epps told the Post that Madley, a close friend of Mayor Adams, allegedly targeted her because he had financial problems and was the victim of incest as a child.
Epps worked his way up the ranks with Madley from housing director to patrol director and then chief.
Sanders, who joined the department in 1993 and earned a staggering $163,414 as an OT last year, resigned days after the Post exposed his superior's alleged conduct at police headquarters.
Reyes also worked for Madrei, but was moved to public housing after the Post's revelations. City records show she earned $42,500 as a rookie police officer in 2019, but her 2024 salary jumped to $154,405, including $55,923 in overtime.
Union officials said both Mr. Sanders and Mr. Reyes have hired lawyers.
“This is all Madrid's responsibility,” the source said. “This is an oversight issue. This is an opinion from the top of the department down. In fact, it's coming from City Hall down.”
Since the allegations surfaced, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch has been on a deep cleaning spree, ousting dozens of bosses from the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau in a shocking purge on December 28th.
Lawyers for Mr. Sanders and Mr. Reyes did not immediately return messages.
