Thursday, May 14, 2015

PSP investigating suspected trading of tickets for cash – Daily News – Lisbon

The National Directorate (DN) of the PSP today announced it will investigate the alleged misappropriation of proceeds of tickets assigned to police under the Staff Regulations of the PSP.

The newspaper Público news in its issue today an alleged scam in which police officers exchanging title requisition transport for cash, with the connivance and participation, in return for a commission of officials from ticket offices of Transportes Sul do Tejo (TST).

“Given the credibility of the sources and made the brief proceedings, it was possible to geographically limit the possible illegal procedure and reference the operator of tickets. Transport titles assigned to the police are only convertible by operators, in shipments that enable access to public transport and do not allow the conversion into cash. “, says the DN of the PSP in a statement

The paper explains how the alleged scam:” The police approaches of ticket wielding the request that entitles you to load the pass for the bus without paying. When you receive the papers, the employee’s hour reception Lesta is open the box and taking notes, who hands him covertly, in a leaflet. Did not bear the title of transport: merely give him 89 euros, less than the 20 pass the value that the agent is entitled. Is your commission. “

In this sense, the PSP DN triggered inspetivos procedures with the operator to investigate any situations that might substantiate the allocation of money for social passes shipments.

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