LIRR worker axed, others on the block after bombshell MTA probe over phony ID cards

One LIRR worker was fired and others were disciplined after a two-year cloned-card scandal at the railroad, according to a ...

Inside the LIRR 'culture of fraud': How employees gamed the system in fake ID scheme

An MTA inspector general investigation lays out how Long Island Rail Road workers allegedly gamed the system in a variety of creative ways.

MTA board member skewers LIRR for keeping workers caught in phony ID scam on the job: ‘Unconscionable’

An MTA board member torched Long Island Rail Road leadership Wednesday for not firing dozens of workers caught in a brazen ...
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LIRR track worker sentenced to 3 months for ‘feeding frenzy of overtime fraud’

A Long Island Rail Road track worker was sentenced Tuesday to three months in prison for a scam described by a judge as “feeding frenzy of overtime fraud.” Joseph Balestra was paid $348,000 by the MTA ...
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LIRR employees accused of bogus overtime and flying cross-country on the clock

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Two Long Island Railroad employees are paying the price after one allegedly clocked $1,200 in bogus overtime and another secretly flew cross country while on the clock, the MTA ...
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LIRR union workers vote to authorize strike later this week

Long Island Rail Road union employees voted on Monday to authorize a strike later this week. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen announced the results of their vote on Monday ...
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4 LIRR workers disciplined for alleged time theft scheme

Four Long Island Rail Road employees have been disciplined after allegedly participating in a time theft scheme at the railroad's Hillside Maintenance Facility in Queens, according to an investigation ...