Feds will not name pension amnesty retirees
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)
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In addition to offering an amnesty deal that could let hundreds of Long Island Rail Road retirees who collected phony disability pensions keep the proceeds of their crime, Manhattan federal prosecutors plan to protect the privacy of participants despite their admission of wrongdoing.
A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Thursday that the office plans to try to keep secret both...
