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13 hours agoMTA gate guard caught on camera trading OMNY swipes for cash: agency watchdog
An unarmed subway station gate guard hired by an MTA contractor to thwart fare evasion was caught on camera multiple times accepting cash from riders in exchange for letting them into the system, the MTA Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found in a probe. The OIG investigation found that the female gate guard, employed by Allied Universal, admitted to providing OMNY card swipes to straphangers and taking cash in return on five occasions captured on video actions it said were improper and illegal.
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