Winston Nguyen, who taught math at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, was accused of soliciting lewd images from students. He pleaded guilty to a felony and five misdemeanors.
Winston Nguyen, who taught math at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, was accused of soliciting lewd images from students. He pleaded guilty to a felony and five misdemeanors.
Winston Nguyen, who taught math at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, was accused of soliciting lewd images from students. He pleaded guilty to a felony and five misdemeanors.
When one of New York City’s most prestigious private schools hired Winston Nguyen in 2020, administrators knew about the felony conviction for fraud in his troubled past. But the second chance they offered him backfired. Nearly four years later, Mr. Nguyen, a math teacher, was arrested again, accused of preying on students. And the school, Saint Ann’s in Brooklyn, faced a roiling crisis.
On Monday, Mr. Nguyen, 38, pleaded guilty to a felony and several misdemeanors after being charged with soliciting lewd images and videos from students. When he is sentenced later this month, he faces a possible seven-year prison term.
Mr. Nguyen was taken into custody after the hearing and will be held temporarily at the Rikers Island jail complex.
His plea marks the latest chapter in a scandal that has marred the reputation of Saint Ann’s School and the administrators who hired him.
This is the second time Mr. Nguyen has been convicted of a felony. In 2019, he pleaded guilty to grand larceny and other charges after he was accused of stealing more than $300,000 from his employers, an older couple he worked for as a home health aide.
He served four months at Rikers, and about a year later was hired by Saint Ann’s, a school that charges about $60,000 per year in tuition and caters to New York’s wealthy creative class.