Five current and former MBTA employees have been arrested after they allegedly lied about Red Line inspections they were supposed to do last year.

Five MBTA employees, including one from Brockton and Bridgewater, were charged with allegedly faking track inspection reports on the Red Line.

Five current and former employees of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority were arrested Thursday on federal charges of falsifying track inspection reports, authorities said. The Justice Department said the MBTA staff filed reports claiming they had inspected tracks on the transit network’s Red Line,