Police sergeants investigated for alleged overtime fraud
Five members of the Troy, New York, police department are currently being investigated for alleged time and attendance fraud, according to the Albany Times Union.
The sergeants are suspected of manipulating sick time in order to qualify each other for overtime employee attendance, factored into police officers' retirement pay.
The alleged scheme was discovered earlier this year, when the city reviewed payroll records to prepare for its defense in a federal lawsuit involving unpaid overtime for 16 members of the department. As yet, no proof of the sergeants' collaboration has been uncovered, however, the investigation is ongoing.
Elsewhere in the state, a recently released audit revealed extensive pension-padding within the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). A 30-member unit of the MTA's Metro-North railroad was found to have increased its future pension payments by $5.5 million as a result of overtime inflation.
"MTA management has tolerated a manipulation of the system by both supervisors and workers," said state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
The audit found that much of the overtime payouts could have been avoided if employees were scheduled during off-peak shifts.
The sergeants are suspected of manipulating sick time in order to qualify each other for overtime employee attendance, factored into police officers' retirement pay.
The alleged scheme was discovered earlier this year, when the city reviewed payroll records to prepare for its defense in a federal lawsuit involving unpaid overtime for 16 members of the department. As yet, no proof of the sergeants' collaboration has been uncovered, however, the investigation is ongoing.
Elsewhere in the state, a recently released audit revealed extensive pension-padding within the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). A 30-member unit of the MTA's Metro-North railroad was found to have increased its future pension payments by $5.5 million as a result of overtime inflation.
"MTA management has tolerated a manipulation of the system by both supervisors and workers," said state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
The audit found that much of the overtime payouts could have been avoided if employees were scheduled during off-peak shifts.
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