Illegal U-Pass sales costing TransLink millions

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0 `' l+ l8 _$ C3 o3 D" E3 bTranslink says the illegal sale of U-Passes has caused millions of dollars in lost fare revenue and could jeopardize the program.
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$ k# K8 n* v& f. _) P0 dThe discounted transit passes are automatically included in the fees paid by students at UBC, SFU, Langara, and Capilano University.
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7 e) X7 |/ r" t+ {+ x; zBut TransLink spokesman Ken Hardie says many students try to sell the passes online.
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1 Q3 t/ a5 _$ v3 n4 u"Anybody who buys and uses a U-Pass needs to know that there are serious consequences if they're caught and we do catch people," he said.
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; R1 S% f3 f5 o% p$ W6 }" E/ FHe warns officials do monitor Craigslist and other similar sites and will often pose as buyers to catch offenders, who could face criminal charges, including fraud.

0 ?/ G: e( z: T  ]) G+ }( d% q"We know that, in some cases, the international students have been active in this activity. You can understand that being charged with a criminal offense could impact somebody's status in Canada, so they're taking a horrible risk, particularly," said Hardie.

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不明白他们损失在哪儿了  数百万？？？ 学生们不也是花钱买的吗？

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可能学生卖和其他人卖价格不同

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学生便宜很多