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Translink 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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The discounted transit passes are automatically included in the fees paid by students at UBC, SFU, Langara, and Capilano University., |0 n4 G, M" _" |% b8 I& ]4 X- Q
/ S3 q9 i. H5 Z3 RBut TransLink spokesman Ken Hardie says many students try to sell the passes online.- y0 m9 {' |+ H. K$ ^- K
) D& r& D5 d0 P"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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He 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.
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0 K6 r0 f4 \% }# _6 R9 q6 ~# J"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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