Overview
- The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a revised indictment on Friday, July 10, 2026, charging one current and six former Red Line maintenance employees by name with conspiracies to falsify track inspection reports and commit overtime fraud.
- Federal charging documents accuse the defendants of falsifying inspection reports from January 1, 2024 through October 16, 2024 by overstating inspection times and inserting train numbers found online instead of riding trains as required.
- Prosecutors say surveillance video shows inspectors inside Cabot Yard working on private vehicles or sitting idle during reported inspection times and allege that supervisor Brian Pfaffinger knew about the off‑duty activity and had subordinates work on his personal vehicle.
- The indictment also alleges that Ronald Gamble prepared and submitted overtime sheets claiming that multiple employees worked unpaid or unperformed overtime shifts, with prosecutors tying the false overtime to the private work at Cabot Yard.
- The MBTA referred its internal probe to federal authorities in 2024, fired several workers and placed others on leave, and it says it is cooperating with the federal case that will now proceed in U.S. District Court with arraignments and further pretrial steps expected.