Saperstein
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https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/man-claims-40000-train-refunds-17700433
I’m not sure I understand what this guy was up-to here.
When I first read it I thought it must be some kind of delay repay fraud as has happened in the past but then the article talks of him using trains with a “card devoid of money”.
Making legitimate delay repay can be a nightmare, these sorts of things are just gonna make things harder on genuine pax who have suffered genuine delays.
Saperstein.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/man-claims-40000-train-refunds-17700433
A man used a computer programme to fraudulently claim £40,000 in compensation and refunds for delayed trains - when he hadn't even been on them.
Thomas William Ingram of Cheltenham Road, Blackburn, was able to create false tickets for delayed trains.
He would then use his fakes to claim for compensation and refunds for delays, despite them never having affected him, reports Lancashire Live.
The 34-year-old admitted to using a computer programme to complete his refund scheme which saw him make £40,000.
Train companies claim this cost them more than £150,000 but the court was unaware how that figure was reached and adjourned the case to make inquests into the figures.
Northern Rail, Greater Anglia, Cross Country, East Midlands Trains, Virgin Coast, Great Western Railway, Southern Trains, London North East and Virgin Trains East Coast, were all defrauded by Ingram between January 1 and July 1, 2013.
Ingram also got onto trains without a ticket and then paid for his journeys using a card devoid of money.
The ticket operators would only be aware that he had not paid for the ticket at the end of the day when they were looking at their takings.
After making claims for refunds on his false tickets because they had been delayed, Ingram would then apply for compensation to the companies claiming that the delayed trains had inconvenienced him to a great extent.
Ingram appeared at Preston Crown Court today (February 6) wearing a black, plastic rain jacket, jeans and holding a black Adidas bag.
The 34-year-old spoke to confirm his name and age before pleading guilty to nine counts of fraud.
He will return to Preston Crown Court on March 19.
I’m not sure I understand what this guy was up-to here.
When I first read it I thought it must be some kind of delay repay fraud as has happened in the past but then the article talks of him using trains with a “card devoid of money”.
Making legitimate delay repay can be a nightmare, these sorts of things are just gonna make things harder on genuine pax who have suffered genuine delays.
Saperstein.