Michael Gundersen, 42, falsely claimed he worked hundreds of extra hours in his job as a maintenance supervisor when he was actually on vacation in Williamsburg, Virginia and the Hudson Valley, attending concerts in Atlantic City, visiting a farm, dining in restaurants or simply at home with his family, according to charging documents filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York on Thursday. The nature of his work doesn't allow him to work from his Manalapan home.
Gundersen was paid about $385,000 in 2018, including about $283,000 in voluntary overtime shifts on top of his $102,000 base salary, according to court papers. He reported working 3,914 hours of overtime in addition to 1,880 regular hours. That meant Gundersen would have to work an average of more than 10 hours of overtime a day for 365 days on top of his regular 40-hour work schedule.
He made more money than the chairman of the MTA that year and was among the agency's five highest-paid employees, authorities said.
FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. described the scheme as "incredibly blatant."
NYC Transit employee from N.J. among 5 charged in massive, ‘incredibly blatant’ overtime fraud scheme
MIchael Gundersen, of Manaalpan, claimed to be at work when he was at concerts, on vacation or home with his family, prosecutors allege
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