A former NYPD cop and an ex-city sanitation worker were the first to take plea deals after they were busted last month in a massive Social Security scam involving more than 80 NYPD and FDNY retirees.
Retired officer Anthony Maher, 44, who now lives in Pima, Ariz., copped to grand larceny Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court and must pay full restitution of $192,266.50 in exchange for a no-jail sentence.
Retired Department of Sanitation worker Raymond Herlihy, 66, of Westchester, pleaded guilty to grand larceny Wednesday and must pay back $165,927.70.
If he satisfies his debt, he won’t do time behind bars.
They are among 106 defendants accused of collecting more than $22 million in disability-pension benefits by pretending they suffered emotional trauma — many falsely claiming that they lost loved ones on 9/11 or were at Ground Zero, prosecutors said.