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They've Been Shirkin' on the Railroad: Charge 5 at MTA in $1M OT Scam

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 12/8/20

Five current and former Metropolitan Transportation Agency supervisors have been charged by Federal prosecutors with receiving more than $1 million in fraudulent overtime payments in 2018.

Thomas Caputo, Joseph Ruzzo, John Nugent, Joseph Balestra and Michael Gundersen were each charged in the Southern District of New York Dec. 3 with a single count of Federal program fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

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