Two more Long Island Rail Road retirees pleaded guilty yesterday to scamming disability pensions — and promised to pay back all the money they stole.
Former conductor James Reiser, 59, also cut a deal to cooperate with the feds in a bid to stay out of prison, admitting in court that he schemed with an indicted orthopedist to create phony paperwork that claimed he was unable to continue working.
Reiser, who came to Manhattan federal court sporting a tie emblazoned with a cartoon train, pretended that he suffered from back and neck pain that made it difficult for him to sit, stand, walk, bathe or even dress himself.
But the feds say that after his 2006 retirement, Reiser, of Farmingdale, LI, played basketball daily and worked as a referee, and was spotted playing golf and carrying bags of groceries up the stairs to his home.
Reiser, who pocketed more than $225,000 in bogus benefits, declined to comment afterward.
Co-defendant Philip Pulsonetti agreed to spend up to 30 months behind bars for swindling more than $175,000 from the Railroad Retirement Board. He is not cooperating with investigators.