Amended whistleblower suit accuses private bus company of defrauding NJ Transit since 2003
Updated Jan 30, 2021;
New court documents including an amended whistleblower’s lawsuit alleged that Academy Bus defrauded NJ Transit starting in 2003, years earlier than the state’s original $15 million suit filed last November contended.
The allegations were in an unsealed 2017 whistleblower lawsuit and a version amended earlier this month that was filed by Hector Peralta, a former Academy employee, who claims he was asked to doctor missed trip reports the private carrier filed with NJ Transit for bus service it was hired to run under contract. North Jersey.com first reported the new allegations Friday.