Lynn man charged in Callahan Tunnel scam

BOSTON – A Lynn man is among 10 toll collectors on the Ted Williams and Callahan tunnels linked to scamming thousands of dollars from the Turnpike Authority.Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley said Tuesday the 10 suspects would deliberately misclassify or miscount vehicles and keep the extra cash for themselves. He said each toll collector would take between $20 to $150 per shift, totaling thousands of dollars.”This was the very definition of a violation of the public trust,” Conley said.The DA said the collectors would sometimes classify taxis as ordinary cars, but still charge cabbies at the higher rate, collecting the leftover money. Other times, the collectors would register one car as two, Conley said.The charges were announced after a seven-month investigation that included extensive surveillance on the suspects, he said.”It began in late October of 2007 when the new administration at the Turnpike Authority uncovered evidence of an ongoing scheme by a number of toll collectors to steal funds,” Conley said.Tony Pasuy, 35, of Lynn, was charged with two counts of larceny under $250 and two counts of false entry on corporate books.The nine other collectors, who face similar charges, are identified as King Chan, 50, of Wellesley, Joseph Fermino 56, of Quincy, Stephen Golisano, 35, of East Boston, Paul Iacobacci, 48, of Everett, David Jones, 47, of Dorchester, Steven Lorina, 53, of Buzzards Bay, Hartley Riley, 67, of Roxbury, Justin W. Ruggiero, 27, of Bradford and Cheung Wan, 67, of Randolph.