"Long Island Railroad employees implicated in a years-long fake ID scam made upwards of three times the overtime pay of their honest colleagues - with one foreman even walking away with more than the train line's president was paid in a year. The three-dozen employees accused in the scam made an average of 1.3 and 2.7 times the overtime pay of their colleagues in 2024, an analysis from Newsday found. And some even made more - including gang foreman Craig Murray, who allegedly raked in $220,073 in overtime last year."
"The scam saw at least 36 LIRR workers use fake work IDs to swipe themselves and their co-conspirators in and out of work whether they were on the job or not. That allowed many to log hours - and pay - when they weren't working at all. Some workers allegedly even had machines that produced the bogus ID cards, and ran a ring making and selling them to each other."
At least 36 Long Island Railroad employees used fake work IDs to swipe themselves and co-conspirators in and out of work from 2021 through August 2024. The scheme enabled participants to log hours and collect overtime pay while not present, with some individuals manufacturing and selling bogus ID cards and charging colleagues for swipe-ins. Implicated employees earned on average 1.3 to 2.7 times the overtime pay of their peers in 2024, and several ranked among the highest overtime earners in 2023. Twenty-four of the 36 allegedly admitted participation, while others denied knowledge. Investigators opened a probe in 2022 following complaints.
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