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> It's hard to prove these things, but they only peripherally imply the idea of 'ghost workers'. https://jalopnik.com/ill-be-damned-feds-indict-new-york-city-
by bmelton 8y ago
> It's hard to prove these things, but they only peripherally imply the idea of 'ghost workers'.
https://jalopnik.com/ill-be-damned-feds-indict-new-york-city-subway-worker-1823273269 https://jalopnik.com/ill-be-damned-feds-indict-new-york-city...
That doesn't prove all of the allegations from the earlier articles, for sure, but does confirm that the story wasn't made up from whole cloth.
> “Lokhandwala concealed his receipt of the bribe payments by having the contractors issue checks to shell bank accounts he controlled,” the DOJ said. “In exchange for the bribes, Lokhandwala promised to steer future work to the contractors and to expedite bureaucratic paperwork for their benefit. Lokhandwala threatened to bar the contractors from future projects if they did not continue to pay him.”