# @newsday on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRM9quHjmqx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/38326649-newsday-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/cebb293887.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-11-18T15:19:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

A Long Island Rail Road foreman arrived at work for a weekend overtime shift wearing a swim shirt, bathing suit and flip-flops, a co-worker told investigators. He swiped his employee ID card at a time clock at the Ronkonkoma facility and allegedly announced: “Don’t bother looking for me. I’ll be next to my pool with a margarita.”

Using cloned identification badges hidden in refrigerators and lockers, and coordinating with co-workers through group chats, some LIRR workers left work early nearly every day for weeks at a time, according to a three-year investigation by the MTA’s inspector general.

The 65-page report lays out the brazenness of the LIRR’s latest employee time-fraud scandal, investigators and MTA officials said.

Read more on this fake ID scheme at the link in bio.
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#longisland #longislandny #liny #longislandnewyork #suffolkcountyny #suffolkcounty #ronkonkoma #ronkonkomany #trainstation #railroad #lirr #manhattan #fakeid #linkinbio

## Stats

- **Views:** 405,137
- **Likes:** 16,950
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 1,237

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vinnie Matula | @vinmatula | https://gondola.cc/vinmatula | Social Media Manager |
| Newsday • Long Island News | @newsday | https://gondola.cc/newsday | Reporter/Journalist |

## Tags

longislandny, linkinbio, fakeid, railroad, ronkonkoma, manhattan, trainstation, longisland, suffolkcountyny, ronkonkomany, longislandnewyork, liny, lirr, suffolkcounty

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