08 May 2012 North America

FIDDLING WITH METROCARDS

Multiple-ride 'metrocards' in New York have been protected from illicit sales of rides to third parties by a usage time limit - they could only be swiped once in 18 minutes. This has proved ineffective. Typically, fraudsters are lending their cards out at $2.25 a throw. This month, the Metropolitan

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