A man who was fired by the company he used to work for has spoken out and admitted he had been receiving salary for four years after getting sacked.

As 47-year-old NYC-based Ronald Berry explained, he was arrested for trespassing after claiming around $250,000 in salary for four years of work despite the fact that he was officially fired in 2013.

The man refused to acknowledge allegations that it was all a scam by saying he thought he has been on sick leave due to his issues with asthma and blood pressure. He also claimed that he never received a letter stating that he was fired.

For four years, after somehow ending up back on the payroll scheme in 2015, the former cleaner was picking up his earnings every two weeks without a problem as if no one knew that he was fired.

Eventually, however, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority came across suspicious activity and alerted the police. The next time Berry showed up to claim his wage, he was arrested.

“I never got a call that I was terminated. I’ve been collecting checks for four f***ing years. How am I still collecting checks? It’s a fault on the MTA side,” he said in an interview with the New York Post.

After asking his superiors how he was able to get his salary for four years if he really was fired, the boss allegedly said: “That’s not my problem, that’s payroll’s problem.”

As Mr. Berry added, he kept on receiving letters from the company as if he was an ordinary employee throughout the last four years.

“If I’m terminated why am I getting letters from them? The last one I got was at the end of last month and I believe it was for asbestos training or track training,” he added.

“Now if they would’ve sent me a termination letter, f*** going to pick a check-up… I’m terminated already, let me file for unemployment.”

Meanwhile, the MTA continues to investigate the case. They also warned that “anyone who inappropriately took public money will be held accountable to the full extent of the law.”

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