What a cash-swipe!<\/p>\n
A subway security guard hired to crack down on rampant fare evasion was caught on camera swiping in riders with a student OMNY card in exchange for cash. <\/p>\n
A new report from MTA Inspector General Daniel Cort\u2019s office showed the guard tapping straphangers through the gates of a Brooklyn station \u2014 using a stolen Department of Education OMNY card that was intended for student use.<\/p>\n
The report showed the guard tapping subway riders through the gates of a Brooklyn station. MTA Inspector General<\/p>\n
The IG\u2019s report released Thursday did not identify the security guard, who was removed from the subways after a rider at the Eighth Avenue station in Brooklyn alerted authorities to the scam last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe gate guards are paid to deter farebeating and provide a sense of security to the riding public, not to improperly sell subway system entry and pocket the cash,\u201d Cort said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am grateful to the rider who reported this misconduct and appreciate NYC Transit\u2019s thorough response, which led to the guard\u2019s removal from working in the subway system.\u201d<\/p>\n
The worker \u2014 a \u201cgate security guard\u201d \u2014 was employed by MTA contractor Allied Security Services, whose employees are supposed to help prevent, not encourage, fare evasion.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s just the latest example of Allied Security workers caught in the act of handing out free fares.<\/p>\n
Last May, The Post observed Allied Universal Security Services guards inside the Herald Square station holding the emergency doors open <\/a>on two different occasions to let a stream of fare jumpers through.<\/p>\n The IG\u2019s report released Thursday did not identify the security guard. MTA Inspector General<\/p>\n The guard caught in the cash-for-swipes scheme was hired on June 3, 2024, and assigned to the Eighth Avenue station, according to the report. She told investigators from the IG\u2019s office that she received no training for the job and had no prior experience.<\/p>\n Investigators reviewed surveillance video after receiving a tip against her in July. Footage showed her on at least five occasions between July 14 and July 18 reaching through the security fence and accepting cash from riders before tapping them through the gates.<\/p>\n