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Exclusive | NYC subway guard hired to fight fare evasion caught on camera taking cash to open gates

Nypost · · 621 words · By Carl Campanile
Contractor accountability Fare Evasion MTA Security Failures
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10 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“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.”
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The provided evidence contains general information about OMNY and the NYC subway, but no specific report or news article confirming a security guard was caught swiping riders in exchange for cash.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The MetroCard is a discontinued magnetic stripe card used for fare payment on transportation in the New York City area. It was a payment method for the New York City Subway (including the Staten Islan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetroCard
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City, serving four of the city's five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York Cit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OMNY ( OM-nee, short for One Metro New York) is a contactless fare-payment system that has been implemented for use on public transit in the New York metropolitan area. OMNY can currently be used to p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMNY
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“A new report from MTA Inspector General Daniel Cort’s office showed the guard tapping straphangers through the gates of a Brooklyn station — using a stolen Department of Education OMNY card that was intended for student use.”
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The evidence includes general OMNY usage guides and unrelated information about the MTA, but does not contain the specific Inspector General report regarding a stolen student OMNY card used by a guard.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carolyn Pokorny is a career federal prosecutor, who serves as the first assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York. In January 2025, she served as acting United States attor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Pokorny
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Congestion pricing in New York City, also known as the Central Business District Tolling Program or CBDTP, began on January 5, 2025. It applies to most motor vehicular traffic using the central busine…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congestion_pricing_in_New_York…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation in New York State responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area. The MTA is the largest p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Transportation_Au…
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“The IG’s 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.”
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While Wikipedia confirms the existence of Eighth Avenue in Brooklyn, there is no evidence provided regarding a security guard being removed from service for a cash-for-swipes scam.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The first Brooklyn Chinatown was originally established in the Sunset Park area of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is one of the largest and fastest growing ethnic Chinese enclaves outside o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatowns_in_Brooklyn
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eighth Avenue or Eighth Avenue station may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Avenue
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eighth Avenue is a major street in Brooklyn, New York City. It is an ethnic enclave for Norwegians and Norwegian-Americans, who are one of the predominant ethnicities in the area among the current res…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Avenue_(Brooklyn)
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“The worker — a “gate security guard” — was employed by MTA contractor Allied Security Services”
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No evidence was provided that links a specific guard involved in a scam to Allied Security Services.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cubic Corporation is an American multinational defense and public transportation equipment manufacturer. The company was founded by Walter J. Zable in 1949 and was a publicly traded company from 1951 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_Corporation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Indian Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of India. It consists of three professional uniformed services: the Indian Army, the Indian Navy, and the Indian Air Force. Additionally…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of computing and IT acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computing_and_IT_abbre…
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“Last May, The Post observed Allied Universal Security Services guards inside the Herald Square station holding the emergency doors open on two different occasions to let a stream of fare jumpers through.”
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Two independent web search results (one from The Post and one referencing an investigation by The New York Post) explicitly state that Allied Universal Security Services guards were observed holding emergency doors open at Herald Square station to let fare jumpers through.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — G4S describes itself as "the world's leading provider of security solutions" and provides security services for over 40 embassies around the world, works as stewards at football stadiums and runs over…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_G4S
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — G4S is a British multinational private security company headquartered in London, England, and a subsidiary of Allied Universal. The company was set up in July 2004 when London-based Securicor amalgama…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4S
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Philippine National Bank (PNB, Filipino: Bangko Nasyonal ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Banco Nacional Filipino) is a major Filipino bank based in Pasay in the Philippines. It was established by the Phil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_National_Bank
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“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.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated news stories about security guards in Las Vegas and Philadelphia; there is no mention of the June 3, 2024 hire date or the Eighth Avenue station scam.
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web search NEUTRAL — A Las Vegas security guard was sentenced to spend between five and 14 years in prison for fatally shooting a customer outside a 7-Eleven convenience store during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/11/us-news/las-vegas-security-gua…
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web search NEUTRAL — Police say a security guard, who was working at the gas station, exchanged gunfire with a 39-year-old man.Chopper 6 over shooting investigation at North Philly gas station on April 9, 2024. Next, you …
https://6abc.com/post/gun-battle-near-north-philadelphia-gas…
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web search NEUTRAL — And the number of newly trained security guards is up 38% from before the pandemic, with all the growth coming in the past year. Tenney says factors other than routine concerns about crime may have bo…
https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/08/21/the-number-of-new-priv…
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“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.”
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The evidence provided consists of unrelated surveillance footage (Frontier Airlines, Gaslight Lounge) and does not mention the security guard's actions between July 14 and 18.
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web search NEUTRAL — NEW: Surveillance camera footage shows a person on the runway moments before a Frontier Airlines plane struck and killed them at Denver International Airport in Colorado. pic.twitter.com/PBOreablbu.
https://www.alexjoneslive.com/2026/05/10/shocking-thermal-fo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Neil LeVang performing "Ghost Riders In The Sky", released originally in 1961.Neil Levang was an American musician who was best known from television's The L...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SfU56IDsb4
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web search NEUTRAL — Security footage from the Gaslight Lounge shows the shooter never entered the bar before Gaslight security staff confronted the gunman outside. The bar owner, John Pattee, said two of his security gua…
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/07/22/graphic-securit…
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“During three interactions — two on July 17 and one on July 18 — she appeared to reach back into her pocket and return cash to the non-paying customers, the report said.”
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The evidence provided discusses unrelated IG reports (Emailgate, DHS) and a Tumblr post about butlers, with no mention of the specific guard's interactions on July 17 and 18.
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web search NEUTRAL — The IG slow-walked its investigation into Emailgate. Yet it managed to release the McCabe report just months after GOP demands began. The full IG report came out in June 2018—a full 18 months after th…
https://pressbooks.pub/jan51968/chapter/has-the-ig-report-on…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to the IG report, "The [deleted, FBI Washington Field Office] responded that they had no specific concerns. The DHS [Department of Homeland Security] representative stated that they were not…
https://www.newsweek.com/dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-thought-she-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Added new Interaction on Terrain (with Leaves) were you can ask a Butler to...
https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175405054223/better-butl…
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“The MTA has not accepted cash to pay fares since April 2020 during the peak of the COVID-pandemic shutdown.”
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No evidence was provided to confirm or deny the date the MTA stopped accepting cash for fares.
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“The MTA loses a staggering $900 million from evasion combined on its buses and trains.”
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No evidence was provided regarding the specific financial loss of $900 million due to fare evasion.
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