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    Leeds students jailed after defrauding train companies out of £140,000 in ticket refund scam
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    Leeds students jailed after defrauding train companies out of £140,000 in ticket refund scam

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    4. lordnacho666 on

      How the hell did they make 140k out of it? You would need a huge number of identities and bank accounts to make it work. You’re only going to know so many friends who can help you claim the money. You can’t just invent a bank account either if you want the money.

    7. bobblebob100 on

      I did wonder recently if you could do something similar with flights

      KLM staff announced strike action with 1 week notice, and historically a large number of flights out of their hub in Amsterdam were cancelled on strike day. As it was KLM staff on strike and the airlines fault, you could claim compensation of at least £220.

      However they only cancelled the flights with 48hrs notice, and still sold tickets after the strike was announced. So i wondered if you could purchase loads of cheap flights, gambling on them being cancelled and claim compensation for each one

    9. pett117 on

      >they’ve also made a mockery of the average commuters who have spent hard-earned money on train tickets

      Nah, just making a mockery of this country’s dogshit railway companies

    11. joewhite2417 on

      So. These two geniuses, and they are for devising an almost victemless scheme like this, get more jail time than your average “Ethiopian illegal immigrant” gets for fingering a 14 year old against her will. Nice one UK justice system.

    12. Loserdorknerd on

      It’s not their fault that the ticket prices are disgusting and the service is appalling.

    13. NoRecipe3350 on

      I’ve used delay repay maybe 4-5 times in my life and I presume the office that handle it have some kind of way of logging people using the service.

      Especially more with Asian surnames that are much rarer and so would stick out.

      Also something I’ve noticed with East Asians, more prone to scams/corruption like this. Something about their culture that doesn’t make it shameful. From one thing I’ve read, is people growing up in authoritarian countries are just so used to trying to lie/cheat the authorities, because in such a country you need to do this to survive.