Ex-LIRR worker pleads guilty in pension scheme
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A former Long Island Rail Road electrician pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to taking part in a massive pension scheme in which retirees filed false injury claims to score undeserved disability benefits, the prosecutor's office said.
The retired electrician, Gary Satin, is the first guilty plea in a case that has ensnared dozens of retirees and facilitators of the alleged scheme who...
