Eight subway inspectors filed 33 falsified inspection reports among them, according to Manhattan district attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. Worse, they did it because their bosses told them to. The inspectors’ direct supervisors directed them to file reports that made it seem that they had performed inspections of the mechanics in control of underground traffic when, in fact, they had not. One inspector had equipment bar codes that are supposed to be scanned following inspection in his locker. He is being charged with a misdemeanor of official misconduct in addition to the felony count of tampering with public records that he and the others received in Manhattan’s State Supreme Court yesterday. The two supervisors who told their subordinates to falsify records plead guilty to both tampering with public records and official misconduct on Friday. The felonious reports were filed in 2010, so you probably can’t really blame your morning commute on it today. (Photo: MTA/Flickr)