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Experts weigh in on LIRR amnesty offer

Originally published: May 22, 2012 8:39 PM
Updated: May 22, 2012 10:43 PM
By WILLIAM MURPHY  william.murphy@newsday.com

Federal agents transport two LIRR retires in the

Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Federal agents transport two LIRR retires in the carport of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building that are to be charged with disability fraud. Back row: left, Michael Dasaro in green button down shirt and right, Gary Supper in open dark jacket and light button down shirt. (May 22, 2012)

The offer of criminal amnesty to 1,500 Long Island Rail Road retirees on disability pensions might mean all the major players have been ensnared in a major federal investigation, legal observers said yesterday.

But attorneys representing some of those charged said the offer mailed yesterday to pension abusers who have not yet been charged shows the weakness of the federal government's case...

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