Workers’ Comp Fraud: Massachusetts Trolley Operator Paid Pal To Attack Him

An MBTA trolley operator was indicted on charges that he hired an acquaintance to attack him on the job so he could fraudulently collect workers’ compensation. A grand jury indicted 46-year-old Thomas Lucey of Saugus on two counts of insurance fraud and single counts of workers’ compensation fraud, misleading police and perjury. MBTA Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan called the case “especially upsetting.” “It’s especially upsetting because it’s a public employee. These safeguards are in place to protect people who legitimately get hurt on the job,” Sullivan said. Lucey was operating a trolley Oct. 30, 2016 on the Mattapan line just after midnight when a man wearing dark coveralls and a Michael Myers Halloween mask approached him while carrying a plastic pumpkin.