Tool's Disability Outrage

Thanks for response.
Any info on number taking the A train?
And why extension?

http://newyork.newsday.com/news/new-yor ... -1.4291546

More ex-LIRR workers guilty in pension scam

Former Long Island Rail Road workers Philip Pulsonetti and James Reiser pleaded guilty on Tuesday to claiming disability benefits based on phony injuries, bringing to eight the number of defendants who have admitted fraud in what prosecutors say was a massive scheme.

Reiser, 59, an ex-conductor who now lives in Stuart, Fla., faces up to 50 years in prison and agreed to forfeit $226,645 in wrongfully obtained benefits from the federal Railroad Retirement Board. Pulsonetti, 54, from Remsenburg, faces up to 15 years jail time, and agreed to forfeit $176,000.

More guilty pleas this week. See today's (1/12/13) Newsday for the latest including an employee of one of the doctor's involved.

Add Regina Walsh to the list

http://newhydepark.patch.com/articles/n ... ility-scam

First clue that something was wrong is that she was a "director of employee services"
The only injury you could get in that position is a paper cut

Let's add Brian Delgiorno to the Hall of Shame

http://www.amny.com/another-guilty-plea ... -1.4465291

Commuter X wrote:Let's add Brian Delgiorno to the Hall of Shame

http://www.amny.com/another-guilty-plea ... -1.4465291

Does adding these people to the list make you feel better Mr X?

Commuter X wrote:Let's add Brian Delgiorno to the Hall of Shame

http://www.amny.com/another-guilty-plea ... -1.4465291

Thanks X, but we all know how to read a newspaper and use the internet.

On a related note, a new NPR investigation focuses on the rapid increase in persons applying for disability programs.

Steve, how about you read some of the earlier posts by LI Tool and our moderator Liquid Camphor in the thread to get a basic understanding of what's going on. They put some commendable time and thought into a lot of their posts that deserve more than just a summarization in layman's terms. I did not have too much difficulty following along their posts and whatever I did not understand, google helped me.

Personally, I don't think this is an appropriate venue of discussion especially when you have a lot of anti-labor and ignorant participants who do not even work in the RR industry giving their consulting advice. But the Tool felt that a lot of employees who either participate or lurk here deserve some unbiased answers.

This "golden parachute" as many refers it as, and commonly misunderstood is most definitely under much scrutinization. The few retirees who pulled fast ones sucked in the legitimate candidates who qualified for disability for another full review of their cases. Imagine you're retired for 2 years and then having letters informing you that your case is under full review again and reminding you of the repercussions for fraud. We're talking public humiliation in the media, retroactive pension monies repaid plus fines and jail time. Til you get confirmation that your case is cleared there won't be a night that passes by that you will sleep as well as you did. Guilty upon association as they say.

I think this topic should be locked since it ran it's course. It should remain for us to reflect and look back where things were and what they are in case anyone of the lurkers here are contemplating playing with fire when they're getting ready to check out (retire.)

Well, since my last benighn response to Steve has been outed, I would like to say that I agree with the final post that this topic should be locked. It has run its course, and any further discussion is only guessing and hearsay. Delete me if you will, but that's the way it is. See ya. Buh bye.

As you gentlemen requested am locking this topic.