Ex-NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey’s former driver — who made $163K in overtime last year — questioned by feds in sex-for-OT probe: sources

By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-04 13:11:00 | Updated at 2025-01-09 19:54:00 5 days ago
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One of the top overtime earners in disgraced ex-NYPD Chief Jefferey Maddrey’s office is talking to federal investigators as they probe sex-for-overtime allegations uncovered by The Post, law enforcement sources said.

Ingrid Sanders, the ex-driver of the department former top uniformed cop, had her cell phone taken by the feds, who are looking at whether the NYPD was using federal funds to pay for the overtime, the sources said.

“The only thing she can be talking about is her overtime and her interactions with Maddrey,” a source familiar with the investigation said.

One of the top overtime earners in disgraced ex-NYPD Chief Jefferey Maddrey’s office is talking to federal investigators. Paul Martinka

Sanders, who joined the department in 1993, made an eye-popping $163,414 in OT last year — and resigned days after The Post exposed her boss’s alleged tawdry conduct at police headquarters with another underling in a front-page expose on Dec. 21.  

She was the seventh-highest overtime earner in the department, boosting her total salary last fiscal year to $352,462, records show.

Lt. Quathisha Epps was the top earner, pulling in $405,515, including $204,453 in OT. The 19-year veteran of the department filed an EEOC complaint claiming Maddrey exploited her “emotional and financial vulnerabilities, as well as her history of childhood trauma” to “coerce her into performing unwanted sexual favors.”

Detective Ada Reyes, another top overtime earner who also worked for Maddrey, was transferred to public housing after The Post broke the scandal.

Ingrid Sanders (center), the ex-driver of the department former top uniformed cop, had her cell phone taken by the feds. instagram @nypddcer

She made $42,500 as a new police officer in 2019 but her pay jumped to $154,405 in 2024, including $55,923 in overtime, city records show.

Maddrey’s Queens home was raided by the feds Thursday as investigators probed Epps’ accusations.

Maddrey resigned Dec. 20 after The Post reached out to him for comment about Epps’ allegations. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch suspended him several days later.

Maddrey lawyer Lambros Lambrou said the sex between Maddrey and Epps was consensual and denied allegations of sex-for-overtime, saying his client didn’t approve overtime slips.

Maddrey resigned Dec. 20 after The Post reached out to him for comment about Epps’ allegations.

“Lt. Epps got caught with her hand in the cookie jar and is trying to deflect her wrongdoing by making these allegations against Chief Maddrey,” Lambrou said.

Tisch ousted dozens of NYPD brass Dec. 28 in a shocking purge, beginning with bosses at the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau, which is responsible for investigating cops accused of wrongdoing.

Everyone transferred out of the disgraced former chief’s office is expected to be brought in for interviews with the revamped IAB, another insider said.

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