Two Long Island Railroad Retirees Plead Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court in Connection with Disability Fraud Scheme
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Michael Dasaro and Gary Supper, two former Long Island Railroad (LIRR) employees, pled guilty to federal charges in connection with their participation in an alleged massive fraud scheme in which LIRR workers claimed to be disabled upon early retirement so that they could receive disability benefits to which they were not entitled. Dasaro and Supper each pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein.