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faredodging
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- Transport Crime · London
Tory Mayoral Candidate Proposes Paying Londoners to Report Fare Dodgers
Alex Challoner, a Conservative candidate for London Mayor, has proposed a scheme to financially reward Londoners who report serial fare dodgers. He suggests informants receive 25% of recovered fines and calls for increased funding for the British Transport Police.
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Transport Crime · City of LondonChalloner proposes Tube police patrols to curb fare evasion
Businessman Alex Challoner has announced plans to tackle Tube fare evasion by stationing uniformed British Transport Police officers at ticket gates if elected Mayor of London. He claims fare dodging has cost Transport for London over £1.1 billion in the last 10 years.
City of London3 min readTrust 30 · Craft 57 · Hype 65- Courts · City of London
£5m repaid to victims of wrongful fare dodging convictions
Nearly £5 million has been repaid to individuals whose convictions for fare dodging were overturned following unlawful use of the Single Justice Procedure by eight train companies. More than half of those who paid fines have not yet claimed their refunds.
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Transport Crime · GreenwichAbbey Wood fare dodger caught after 240 unpaid journeys totalling £2,515
A fare dodger who evaded payment on over 240 occasions, accumulating £2,515.40 in unpaid fares, has been caught by Transport for London investigators at Abbey Wood Station. The individual's actions were featured on Channel 5's Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law.
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