When it's OPM!---'MTA overtime king' and four other high-rollers arrested

Last stop for the gravy train. - David Meyer and Aaron Feis

“MTA overtime king” Thomas Caputo and four other current and former employees of the transit agency were busted Thursday for allegedly reaping thousands of dollars in pay for time they didn’t actually work — and instead spent bowling, vacationing out of state and, in one case, running a 5K.
The defendants — four Long Island Rail Road workers and one subway maintenance worker — were among the MTA’s top earners in the period of alleged fraud, the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office said, thanks to annual OT payments of $240,000 or more.

“These employees allegedly worked very hard — to steal MTA time and money, ignoring their duty to keep the tracks and rails safe for their fellow workers and riders,”...