A 20-year veteran Long Island Rail Road worker was fired and at least five others could be cut loose following a bombshell MTA investigation into widespread employee fraud at the railroad.

A scathing 65-page report by MTA Inspector General Daniel Cort found that 36 railroad employees used cloned ID cards to claim they were on the job while moonlighting or just blowing off work — with one alleged cheater, identified by Newsday as road car inspector Richard Bovell, losing his job.

Eight railroad employees cited in the report quit the LIRR before the findings were released, while 28 others were or will be disciplined, including suspensions, demotions and other actions, the report said .

MTA Inspector General Daniel Cort said 36 LIRR workers used cloned ID cards to cheat the railroad in

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