The Massachusetts State Police have linked another seven troopers to the alleged theft of overtime pay, bringing the total number of troopers under scrutiny in a widening pay scandal to 40.
The agency’s ongoing internal audit of Troop E — the unit that until recently patrolled the Massachusetts Turnpike — found seven new troopers with a number of questionable overtime shifts, agency spokesman David Procopio said in an e-mail Tuesday.
Current and former Troop E members have been linked in recent months to alleged fraud, resulting in a series of internal investigations, a separate probe by the attorney general’s office, and the disbanding of the entire unit.
The Globe reported Friday that a federal grand jury is examining whether troopers…
