Vintage Datsuns, Mercedes-Benzes and Ferraris are not part of the TTC fleet.

But TTC employees were allegedly charging the company for keys to these luxury cars and high-end automotive repair tools for their auto body shop, using the transit agency as a personal piggy bank, according to police allegations obtained by the Star.

Between 2008 and 2013, the TTC was also allegedly billed for more than $100,000 in fraudulent purchases, including decorative front door handles, bike locks, firearm trigger locks and folding knives that cost $80 each, according to TTC investigator Staff Sgt. Mark Russell.

Six men, including five current and former TTC employees, were charged in June with a range of offences, including theft, fraud and conspiracy.

Now a lengthy court document obtained by the Star lays out a comprehensive list of what the men stand accused of stealing, and outlines an alleged conspiracy to score a $4-million turnstile contract using inside information.

The 121-page document, called an information to obtain a search warrant, or ITO, was filed in court to support Toronto police’s request to search the men’s houses, an auto body shop and a cottage.

The allegations have not been tested in court.

The document, an affidavit by Det. Const. Scott Surcon, is primarily based on the information of TTC employee Staff Sgt. Russell, the investigator who led the transit agency’s inquiry.

The man who stands accused at the centre of the affair is former TTC manager Amadeo Cuschieri. The 55-year-old Mississauga resident, who retired in May, was released on $20,000 bail in June.

That bail hearing and subsequent court proceedings are covered by a publication ban.

The allegations outlined in this story are contained in the ITO, which was filed before charges were laid.

“Every case involves all kinds of allegations. The difference sometimes between the allegations and the actual findings of the trial is like a sea apart. Don’t get wrapped up in the allegations,” said Aaron Spektor, Cuschieri’s lawyer.

One of the other accused is Cuschieri’s son, Steve Cuschieri, who works for the TTC as a bus mechanic. The 34-year-old is charged with possession of property obtained by crime.

“It would be irresponsible right now to make a comment,” said Rocco Loccisano, Steve Cuschieri’s lawyer.

According to the ITO, some of the illegitimate purchases include: $19,998 in residential door hardware and other items the TTC would have no use for; $16,838 on four high-end tool cabinets and drawers, which could not be found on TTC property; and $1,445 on a cordless drill kit that had no bearing on work being done.

Amadeo Cuschieri worked as a foreperson and manager in the TTC’s Revenue and Security Equipment Maintenance department, the division responsible for the upkeep of infrastructure such as turnstiles and locks.

As a manager, Cuschieri had the authority to sign off on invoices and purchase orders up to a value of $15,000, the ITO says.

Between 2007 and February 2014, the department spent more than $65,000 on Snap-On equipment, high-end tools for auto mechanics, the ITO says. Russell estimated less than 5 per cent of the purchases could be considered remotely legitimate.

The investigation began in June 2013 after TTC employee Andre Bregolin became curious about a purchase that didn’t seem to fit any of the transit organization’s needs: residential door handles and electronic key pad locks.

When Bregolin asked Cuschieri about the purchase, Cuschieri said he had ordered the handles and locks, valued at $788, for his son’s new house, the ITO says.

The ITO states Bregolin said Cuschieri asked him why he wouldn’t do the same thing if he needed to buy locks, saying, “C’mon, you’re a foreman here. Why wouldn’t you order it from one of our suppliers and let the TTC pay for it?”

Cuschieri told Bregolin he would pay the TTC back, but had not done so by November 2013, the ITO says.

During the investigation, Russell compared the annual tool orders of the TTC’s two revenue and security equipment maintenance units.

Despite having fewer employees, the department managed by Cuschieri and co-accused John Barrie Mulhall outstripped its counterpart in tool costs year after year — in 2009, spending $57,130, more than five times as much as its sister department, the ITO says.

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“The sheer volume of the tools that have been ordered since 2007 is somewhat overwhelming,” Russell said in the ITO.

Surveillance footage from Cuschieri’s workplace shows him, on several occasions, leaving with small cardboard boxes that he does not bring back the following morning.

Dan Doron, 50, and Maciej Zych, 49, are both co-accused with Cuschieri of conspiracy to commit an indictable defence.

Russell alleges in the ITO that Cuschieri, Doron, and Zych, a TTC repairman, had been accumulating tools and supplies to establish a company called Turnpass Inc. that would manufacture turnstiles at Zych’s auto body shop.

In February 2014, Cuschieri initiated a TTC procurement request for 200 turnstiles valued at about $20,000 each, the ITO says, and included Turnpass Inc. in the list of suggested manufacturers.

Russell also alleges Cuschieri sent Zych a price list of other turnstile manufacturers in preparation for their own bid, the ITO says.

“You’re just hearing one side of the story,” said Paul Genua, Zych’s lawyer.

“I can’t really comment on any of the allegations of facts. What I can say is that Mr. Zych intends on pleading not guilty. He welcomes an opportunity to clear his name,” Genua said.

Frank Pizzimenti, the lawyer for Doron, said he could not comment as the case was before the court, but his client would plead not guilty. Doron did not work for the TTC.

According to the ITO, the allegations against Cuschieri date back as far as 2008, when an anonymous tip accused the then foreperson and his supervisor, Mulhall, of fraudulent purchases.

TTC spokesman Brad Ross said forensic auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers will examine the transit agency’s procurement policies.

“We are looking very closely at how we can ensure that these types of things do not happen again. That’s one of the controls we’ve asked the forensic auditor to examine,” Ross said.

The TTC will be rolling out a new whistleblower policy and management ethics training this fall, Ross said.

Ross could not say if Steve Cuschieri and Zych still work for the TTC.

“I think we’re just going to reserve comment on the status of anybody’s employment at this time,” Ross said.

The next scheduled court date is Oct. 27.