Broad St. Belle Posted August 13, 2008 Share #1 Posted August 13, 2008 :eek: This is just crazy! By JAMIE SCHRAM and TOM TOPOUSIS Posted: 3:52 am August 12, 2008 A RAIL 'RIP-OFF': A technological flaw in a Penn Station machine allowed a married couple and their friend to get — and sell — thousands of free rides, authorities say. Three pals stumbled on a MetroCard machine in Penn Station that gave them free fares - and they milked it for $800,000 over nearly three years before the MTA caught on, authorities said yesterday. The thieves - including a former student at the prestigious Wharton School of Business - were finally nabbed only after a routine agency audit uncovered their scheme, which came courtesy of a software glitch in the machine in the Manhattan transit hub, authorities said. "The odds of [the suspects] stumbling on this were astronomical," MTA spokesman Jeremy Soffin said. Here's the full story if interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted August 13, 2008 Share #2 Posted August 13, 2008 Wait... a glitch caught the guys who used a glitch to exploit the machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 13, 2008 Share #3 Posted August 13, 2008 Wait... a glitch caught the guys who used a glitch to exploit the machine? It was an audit that finally snagged them. I guess they got too greedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted August 13, 2008 Share #4 Posted August 13, 2008 It was an audit that finally snagged them. I guess they got too greedy. Ah. I misread that last sentence. You figure, if they did that for that long, they were gonna get caught sooner or later. As they say, all good (well, good for them) things must come to an end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSOH Posted August 13, 2008 Share #5 Posted August 13, 2008 busted! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1Toasty Posted August 13, 2008 Share #6 Posted August 13, 2008 Wow... it could only have been better if it spit out unlimited time unlimited ride cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted August 13, 2008 Share #7 Posted August 13, 2008 I wish i had the luck to find something like that. B) - Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
via White Plains Road Posted August 13, 2008 Share #8 Posted August 13, 2008 I wish i had the luck to find something like that. B) - Andy Me 2:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted August 13, 2008 Share #9 Posted August 13, 2008 Me 2:( Me 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo M 201 Posted August 13, 2008 Share #10 Posted August 13, 2008 Nailed'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q25toJamaica Posted August 13, 2008 Share #11 Posted August 13, 2008 Imagine they get fined for fare evasion for each one. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
via White Plains Road Posted August 13, 2008 Share #12 Posted August 13, 2008 Imagine they get fined for fare evasion for each one. LOL! That would be like $300-500 dollars depending on the number of persons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q25toJamaica Posted August 13, 2008 Share #13 Posted August 13, 2008 That would be like $300-500 dollars depending on the number of persons If they used it for about $800,000, wouldn't it be a lot more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error46146 Posted August 13, 2008 Share #14 Posted August 13, 2008 lucky dicks !!!!! it was their own fault tho they shouldn't have used it a bit more sparingly, then maybie the MTA wouldn't have caught them but oh well thats their problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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