Amnesty extended in LIRR disability fraud case
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Federal prosecutors investigating a massive Long Island Rail Road disability fraud on Friday extended the sign-up deadline on an immunity deal to hundreds of other potential defendants if they turn themselves in.
The office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, which also charged a 22nd defendant in the alleged scheme to collect hundreds of millions in phony disability benefits, said the extension...
