Former Yonkers City Council and Westchester BOL Staffer has Bail Revoked, Faces 10 Year Minimum Jail Sentence in May
By Dan Murphy
Anand Singh, a former aide to Yonkers City Council President Mike Khader and a former aide at the Westchester County Board of Legislators, pled guilty on Feb. 5 to sex crimes in White Plains Federal Court.
Singh, 35, from Tarrytown, pled guilty before Judge Vincent Bricetti of traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual contact, and possession of child pornography. He now faces a mandatory minimum 10 year prison term when he is sentenced in May.
The charges against Singh date back to an incident in December 2022, and he has been free on a $700,000 cash bond put up by his family. Many believe that Singh has avoided justice for three years, but on Feb. 5, Judge Bricetti revoked his bail and sent him to prison until his sentencing.
Yonkerstimes.com was one of the first media outlets to report on Singh’s crimes in an April 2023 story titled, Underage Sex Sting in NJ Nabs Anand Singh, Westchester BOL Staffer .
A YouTube channel named OBL Global caught a former democratic staffer at the Westchester County Board of Legislators, Anand Singh, in an undercover, underage, sex sting in New Jersey.
The video can be found at this link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kUNpG5HP4s&t=262s
The incident was posted on YouTube April 11, but the incident occurred in Mid-December of 2022.
The video is graphic in content, and in the comments and messages by Anand Singh, who thought that he was chatting with a 14-year old girl.
Singh asks for the two to meet on Snapchat, to exchange photos and videos. “I want to share something with you. I’m doing something and I want you to watch.”
Shortly after this message exchange, Singh backs off, messaging, “Save my number and in a few years hit me up,” and “I am into it but I have to be the adult in this situation.”
But shortly after Singh returns to graphic messages, including questions about the 14-year olds sexual history, and the type of sex he hopes to have with her. “are you on birth control–I could def hold you down lol.”
Some of the chat messages have the name Hidley Anand, perhaps his Giglio name.
Then the conversation turns to inviting another underage girl to join them. “Do any of your friends like older guys too? Maybe we can all get together and party.”
Anand then makes the decision to meet this young girl at 1am that evening. He traveled 2.5 hours, and during the drive made 5 phone calls to the young girl decoy. The audio of these calls is in the YouTube video and graphic.
Arriving at 1am at the designated location in Newark, Anand is confronted by Ramy and OBL. He then gets back into his car and leaves.
Two police officers show up and are filmed speaking with Ramy, the creator of OBL Global. The incident occurred in Newark and the New Police Department responded to the 911 call, but arrived after Singh had left.
We spoke to Ramy to verify this story and he was shocked at the depravity of Singh’s messages and graphic sexual comments. “-I’ve caught over 300 of these guys, before millions of viewers, and this was one of the worst chat logs I have ever seen. There are more stuff and posts that I couldn’t post. And the fact that he was a government official is hearbreaking. He violated our trust, and even the decoy, who is in her 20’s was traumatized at what he was saying.
Singh worked for former Yonkers City Council President Mike Khader, from 2019-2021. And until his termination, Singh worked for the Westchester County Board of Legislators, on the staff of both the Legislation and Economic Development committees.
Ramy said that Singh was wise to leave and not stick around and confess what he did. “He committed felonies and by showing up he can be charged with child endangerment. He crossed state lines to have sex with a minor. And the duffle bag he showed up with was filled with sex toys. But he didn’t stay around and incriminate himself.”
According to Ramy, he posted the video of Singh sometime in mid-december, but then took it down after the livestream. Many people watching the livestream recognized Singh and started notifying officials in Westchester four months ago.
Ramy said that County Legislator Colin Smith reached out to OBL for more information, and explained that after the livestream in December, their YouTube channel was taken down and he had to create another channel. OBL was also involved in two other high profile cases, and the Singh incident got pushed back. End of our 2023 story.
Singh’s boss, County Legislator Chair Catherine Borgia, was made aware of the allegations in December and referred them to the County Public Safety Department, but took no further action. Borgia political career was derailed when she was forced to resign as board chair the next month because she failed to consult with county legislators and did not protect board members and staff.
Federal authorities in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York intervened and in May 2023 arrested Singh.
At posting time -4:30 pm-Feb. 6, the US Attorney has not issued a press release on Singh’s guilty plea.
