Sanitation Dept. plumber swipes 240 gallons of gas from city: authorities

A city Sanitation Department plumber swiped 240 gallons of gas from the citys supplies and hoarded it at his Staten Island home, authorities said.

Plumber John DiBerardino was slapped with a $4,000 fine Wednesday by the Conflicts of Interest Board and agreed to give up his job.

He took the gas - worth $681.60 - from a Sanitation garage over the course of six months this year and used his city-issued car to drive it home, according to the ruling.

Also busted but allowed to keep her job was an Office of Emergency Management worker who used agency letterhead to lie about her salary and pocket thousands in fraudulent welfare benefits.

Tanya Jenkins sent in bogus letters for four years and claimed to make $13.75 when she really made $17.75, taking $23,722 in food stamps and $403.17 in Medicaid benefits, COIB said.

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Sanitation Dept. plumber swipes 240 gallons of gas from city: authorities