New indictment eyed in LIRR fraud case
Photo credit: Patrick McCarthy | Joseph Rutigliano, a retired LIRR employee, exits federal court in Manhattan. Rutigliano was one of 10 people arrested by federal agents in connection with a $300 million scheme to defraud the Long Island Rail Road on disability claims. (Oct. 27, 2011)
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Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are considering a new indictment in the Long Island Rail Road disability fraud case that would add to the 11 people already charged and seek forfeiture of ill-gotten payments.
"There is a contemplation that there may be more defendants," prosecutor Justin Weddle told U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero during a status hearing in federal court in Manhattan on...
