LIRR Disability Fraud Could Happen Again, Says GAO Report

Six years after an investigation revealed rampant federal disability fraud among retired Long Island Rail Road employees, a government report says there still are not enough safeguards in place to prevent the same thing from happening again. The Government Accountability Office says the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, the federal agency that administers railroad disability funds, is not appropriately evaluating disability determinations, continuously identifying fraud, or training staff to prevent it.

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