"Thought It'd Be Free": Son Caught Using Mom's Card Ordered to Pay 30 Times the Fare

The next hot topic is.

"A man in his 50s who rode the subway using his mother's credit card."

Illegal subway boarding is frequently caught.

There have actually been cases of people riding the subway using their mothers' senior citizen discount cards.

Let's take a look at the related details.

From January to September of this year, Seoul Metro caught about 31,000 cases of illegal subway boarding and collected 1.65 billion won in additional fares.

The unauthorized use of discounted passes accounted for 76.7%, taking up the highest proportion among the types of violations.

When caught for illegal boarding, offenders must pay not only the fare for the section actually used, but also an additional fare amounting to 30 times that fare.

If offenders refuse to pay the additional fare and hold out, they can even face legal responsibility.

Seoul Metro is taking legal action by applying charges such as fraudulent use of convenience facilities.

In fact, last year, a man in his 50s was caught by station staff while riding the subway using his mother's senior citizen transit card.

He then boarded the train and fled, but as a police investigation began, he visited the station office on his own feet.

It is reported that he paid 650,000 won in additional fares.
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