{"id":145895,"date":"2023-12-05T10:22:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T10:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=145895"},"modified":"2023-12-05T10:22:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T10:22:35","slug":"tiktoker-who-advised-train-passengers-how-to-dodge-fares-is-fined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/tiktoker-who-advised-train-passengers-how-to-dodge-fares-is-fined\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiktoker who advised train passengers how to dodge fares is fined"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Tiktoker who ran account advising train passengers how to dodge fares is fined \u00a3773 after her social media videos were used to prove case against her<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Customers who travel on EMR without a valid ticket can be fined \u00a3100\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A TikToker who posted tips online on how to cheat train fares has been caught and fined.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The woman\u00a0shared numerous videos on her social media account boasting about how she avoided paying and urged her followers to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I never ever ever pay full price for a train journey and I thought that with the prices going up I would share my tips with you,&#8217; she said in a video.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her tricks included sitting near the toilet &#8216;incase you need to hide from a ticket inspector&#8217; and buying a ticket for the cheapest stop rather than your actual destination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She also advised her followers\u00a0 to say their phone had died or that they are having &#8216;technical difficulties&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/05\/09\/78588197-12826803-image-m-3_1701767880838.jpg\" height=\"959\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The woman shared numerous videos on her social media account boasting about how she avoided paying and urged her followers to do the same<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Overall if you get smart with it there are a couple of ways you can beat the train company,&#8217; she claims.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But she didn&#8217;t get away with it &#8211; and has received a\u00a0\u00a3773 fine and a criminal record.<\/p>\n<p>East Midlands Railway told MailOnline the videos were part of the evidence against her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>This was after a collaborative investigation between East Midlands Railway and the British Transport Police lead to the successful prosecution of the fare evader under Regulation of Railways Act.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dave Meredith, Customer Services Director at East Midlands Railway, said: &#8216;The vast majority of our customers always buy a ticket, and they understand that for the railway to successfully operate, improve, and secure investment, fares need to be paid for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;However, there are some people who try and work the system and look for different ways to evade paying.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/05\/09\/78588237-12826803-image-m-5_1701767938784.jpg\" height=\"909\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She advised passengers to buy tickets for the first &#8211; or cheapest &#8211; stop and then just carry on with their journey<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Our revenue protection, fraud and security teams work both in uniform and plain clothes in order to monitor and catch fare evaders, whether they are travelling without a ticket, have a ticket for part of their journey or fraudulently travelling on a child&#8217;s ticket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The impact of fare evasion is felt by our law-abiding fare paying customers and ultimately the taxpayer. It&#8217;s indefensible for certain individuals to believe they&#8217;re exempt from paying for our services, and as these cases show, our teams are across our network looking for people who think its ok to break the law.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>PC Lisa Scott-Savage, Investigating Officer for the British Transport Police, said: &#8216;We&#8217;re extremely pleased with the result in this case, which highlights the price of evading fares &#8211; hefty fines and a criminal record.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is the legitimate fare paying passengers who end up bearing the brunt of the cost of the dishonest people who think they can get away without paying.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Customers who travel on East Midlands Railway without a valid ticket can be fined \u00a3100 on top of the price of a single ticket.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12826803\/tiktoker-advising-train-passengers-dodge-fares-fined.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiktoker who ran account advising train passengers how to dodge fares is fined \u00a3773 after her social media videos were used to prove case against&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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