I've seen someone has been caught selling fake LNER first class tickets and received... a suspended sentence. Now I'm not normally someone who believes in filling up our gaols and am normally quite liberal on crime, taking a pragmatic 'what works' approach but given that he could have easily got several of his passengers in trouble with the law, don't you think the suspension seems a bit lenient?
I wonder what happened to the couple who were stopped with the fake tickets? Were they prosecuted too? How many victims have been created by them being made criminals? One hopes LNER's prosecutions department dropped the cases of those who said where they bought the tickets but I won't hold my breath. I hope they go totally POCA on Sufi's ass myself.
The article is here.
I wonder what happened to the couple who were stopped with the fake tickets? Were they prosecuted too? How many victims have been created by them being made criminals? One hopes LNER's prosecutions department dropped the cases of those who said where they bought the tickets but I won't hold my breath. I hope they go totally POCA on Sufi's ass myself.
The article is here.
Following a lengthy British Transport Police investigation, a fraudster who made more than £29,000 through the sale of fake train tickets has been sentenced.
Muhammed Sufi of York Lane, Mitcham, pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation. He was sentenced to nine months suspended for two years and 100 hours unpaid work .
Sufi had manufactured fake tickets which allowed the holder complimentary first-class travel on LNER, before selling them on eBay. Sufi had opened the eBay account in the name of an LNER employee with addresses in London and Yorkshire.