The dispatchers showed up at the airport for what they thought would be a training session, but were instead arrested and charged with taking. Best 30 police departments in john f kennedy airport, ny. Taxi driver is arrested in the laguardia airport taxi hold. Taxi dispatchers charged with taking cash bribes at jfk. Taxis pile up in a line at jfk airport on monday as the port authoritys new hightech cab dispatch system fails to meet expectations. Taxi dispatchers arrested at jfk for bribery youtube. Jfk dispatchers indicted for cabbie bribes new york. Only the uniformed dispatcher at a taxi stand is authorized to place passengers in taxis. The taximeter willl combine fractional measures of distance and time in accruing a unit of fare. Jfk airport taxi dispatchers are led to law enforcement vans after being arrested in a bribery sting on wednesday, march 19, 2014. Drivers can wait hours before a dispatcher summons them to a terminal. Illegal taxi drivers new york city forum tripadvisor.
As i walked towards the yellow taxi line, there were number of men calling softly. Taxi dispatchers charged with taking bribes from line. More than a dozen taxi dispatchers at kennedy airport were arrested wednesday for allegedly running a cashforpassengers bribery scheme. Louis evens, 57, of valley stream, long island, is charged with three. Kennedy international airport taxi dispatchers who allegedly took bribes from drivers who wanted to cut the line for fares. Taxi dispatchers who allegedly permitted some drivers to jump ahead in line at jfk international airport in exchange for cash were arrested last. Taxi dispatchers arrested at jfk for bribery duration. Kennedy international airport taxi dispatchers who allegedly took bribes from drivers who. Taxi dispatchers were arrested for taking bribes at jfk airport in queens, new york.
I went to the way front and, of course, there was the uniformed taxi dispatcher and a. Will i be arrested at jfk airport for a unpaid moving. The officer asked for his license repeatedly but he refused, that. Airport cab dispatchers held in bribery the new york times. Kennedy airport taxi dispatchers drive selves into custody. The defendants are alleged to have accepted bribes in the form of cash payments to rig the airport taxi dispatching system at jfk airport, brown said. Here is a list of dispatchers arrested and the charges theyre facing. Will i be arrested at jfk airport for a unpaid moving violation. How do i get from the airport jfk, lga, or ewr to manhattan. The unsuspecting dispatchers were arrested after they were told to report to jfk for what they thought was a training session.
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