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A man in Budapest was running a fake public transport ticket business to earn some extra money, now he is facing the consequences. Those involved were all prosecuted, and they can be sentenced for more than four years in prison.
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A 38-year-old man decided to make some extra cash by making fake tickets for Budapest’s public transport.
The full price of a monthly BKK ticket costs around 30 Euros. The man was selling the fake ones for a much lower price, and he has been able to establish a quite extensive clientele, 24.hu reports.
The only problem was getting the special thermal water used for these tickets.
The man hired father (54) and son (26) to break open a public automatic ticketing machine to get thermal paper.
After one failed attempt in District XVI,
the duo somehow managed to get 880,000 Euros worth of LWTP (light weight thermal paper) from a machine in District XI.