NYPD sergeant may have accessed classified info on behalf of ‘foreign agents’: sources

The feds are probing allegations that an NYPD sergeant may have accessed classified information on behalf of “foreign agents,” law-enforcement sources told The Post.

Sgt. Zhu Jiang — who most recently worked out of a Lower Manhattan federal building as part of a task force that probes health-care fraud schemes — has been suspended without pay as the feds investigate whether he accessed the sensitive material, according to sources and authorities.

Jiang joined the department in January of 2013 and quickly advanced to more specialized units.

He worked in the NYPD’s vice squad, where he was assigned to a wire room doing transcripts, before he was moved to Brooklyn South Narcotics, sources said. 

Jiang spent fewer than two years on that assignment before he was transferred to a joint federal health-care task force operating out of the Jacob K. Javits Federal building at 26 Federal Plaza,, sources said. 

He started working in the well-connected role in October, records show.

Jiang faced no criminal charges by Monday. He was unable to be reached by The Post.

The NYPD did not respond to a Post request for information on when he was suspended.

Jiang, who raked in more than $169,000 last year, was recognized for either “meritorious” or “excellent” police duty on nine occasions between 2015 and 2019, records show.