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Exclusive | NYC subway guard hired to fight fare evasion caught on camera taking cash to open gates

New York Post·Carl Campanile·19 days ago
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What a cash-swipe! A subway security guard hired to crack down on rampant fare evasion was caught on camera swiping in riders with a student OMNY card in exchange for cash. A new report from MTA Inspector General Daniel Cort’s office showed the guard tapping straphangers through the gates of a Brooklyn station — using a stolen Department of Education OMNY card that was intended for student use. The report showed the guard tapping subway riders through the gates of a Brooklyn station. MTA Inspector General The IG’s report released Thursday did not identify the security guard, who was removed from the subways after a rider at the Eighth Avenue station in Brooklyn alerted authorities to the scam last year. “The gate guards are paid to deter farebeating and provide a sense of security to the riding public, not to improperly sell subway system entry and pocket the cash,” MTA IG Daniel Cort said in a statement.…

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