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. - - #longisland #fakeid #ronkonkoma #conductor #railroad