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Two more plead guilty in LIRR pension fraud case

Left, LIRR retiree Michael Dasaro exits Manhattan Federal

Photo credit: Charles Eckert / Patrick E. McCarthy | Left, LIRR retiree Michael Dasaro exits Manhattan Federal Court after being arrested by federal agents. Right, LIRR retiree Gary Supper, also charged in an alleged $1 billion decade-long scheme to collect phony disability pensions. (May 22, 2012)

Two more Long Island Rail Road retirees pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan to filing phony disability claims with the Railroad Retirement Board, making them the third and fourth of 32 defendants to admit culpability in the sprawling scandal.

"I'm here today to accept responsibility for the charges against me," Gary Supper, 58, of Glen Head, told federal Magistrate Gabriel...

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