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Stealing From Union Worker Pension: 11 Charged in $1 Billion L.I.R.R.
Disability
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Unions stealing others money. Typical actions for union goons.
>From The
>NYTimes<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/nyregion/10-arrested-in-1-billion-lirr-disability-scheme.html?_r=3&hp>
:
Eleven people, including two doctors and a former union president, were
charged on Thursday in a “massive fraud scheme” in which hundreds of Long
Island Rail
Road<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/l/long_island_rail_road/index.html?inline=nyt-org>
workers
*made false disability pension claims that could have cost a federal pension
agency about $1 billion*, according to court papers.
A total of 10 of the defendants — *seven former railroad workers charged
with making false pension claims, the former union president, a former
federal railroad pension agency employee who helped the workers file the
claims, and one of the doctors* — were taken into custody in the early
morning hours at their homes by F.B.I. agents and state investigators,
officials said. The other doctor is expected to surrender in the coming
days.
All were charged with mail fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud,
according to a criminal complaint filed in the case. The defendants in
custody were expected to be arraigned later on Thursday in Federal District
Court in Manhattan.
Unions have a deep tie to corruption, fraud and other criminal activities.
The federal investigation followed reporting by The New York Times for a
series of
articles<http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/organizations/l/long_island_rail_road/index.html>
published
in 2008 that revealed systematic abuses of Railroad Retirement Board
pensions by Long Island Rail Road workers. The charges involving the
railroad come at a time when public workers’ unions across the country have
faced heavy criticism for negotiating pension obligations that have led many
government agencies to slash services and lay off teachers, police officers
and other workers.
Also, NYTimes, these pricey pensions have added to state budget deficits,
which cause all these layoffs.
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