MTA cops foiled three drivers within the span of simply half-hour final week when the fraudsters tried to make use of faux momentary license plates to evade the toll on the RFK Bridge, officers mentioned.
Bridge officers thwarted the primary failed try — a faux momentary plate claiming to be registered in New Jersey — at round 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, officers mentioned.
The cops then noticed a faux Texas plate simply 10 minutes later, adopted by a second faux New Jersey plate at 9:50 p.m.
All three motorists are New York residents, the MTA mentioned, and face misdemeanor costs with a possible sentence of as much as a 12 months in jail or a $1,000 effective.
Regulation enforcement sources mentioned crooked drivers routinely try and evade tolls utilizing falsified momentary plates, which will be fabricated utilizing a house or workplace printer.
Faux New Jersey and Texas plates are particularly frequent in New York, sources mentioned.
Wednesday’s arrest have been a part of a “focused initiative” that relied on “intelligence and overview of fraudulent use patterns of journey,” the MTA mentioned.
“Use of fraudulent license plates is against the law that equates to misplaced income for the MTA and is unfair to law-abiding motorists,” MTA Bridges and Tunnels President Daniel F. DeCrescenzo Jr. mentioned in a press release.
“Now we have the employees and expertise to determine and apprehend these people, as we’ve got with these arrests.”
