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Cheating in transport is over with this new tool available for inspectors!

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Starting this Wednesday, January 8th, a new "Stop Fraud" system is being implemented in Paris transportation! It helps inspectors identify false addresses provided by fraudsters.

Here you are in transport without a valid ticket and a ticket inspector shows up. There’s no escaping or turning back: the fine is waiting for you around the corner. But then, suddenly, a light bulb goes off in your head, and you remember that age-old and pretty effective fraud technique: if you give a false address when you're being ticketed, the letter will never reach you, and you won’t have to pay the fine. A simple and effective method until now, but it won’t be available for long. With the "Stop Fraud" system, SNCF or RATP inspectors will now be able to check your address in real time and make sure that the fine will indeed land in your mailbox. What a shame...

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A system already in place

Starting from this Wednesday, January 8th, everyone who tends to cheat on public transport is taking a particularly risky gamble. Inspectors are now equipped with a digital tool that allows them to link the address provided by the fare evader with data from the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP). If the two addresses don’t match, it will automatically display the correct address so that the fine can be sent there. “ This new process reduces the chances of the fine getting lost in the shuffle ,” explains Florence Saujeteau, General Delegate of the Union of Public and Rail Transport (UTPF), to our colleagues from Parisien. 


A measure taken in several French cities

Currently, in Paris, the system is set up in the metro and SNCF trains. Other cities are also using it: this is the case in Marseille, Toulouse, and Limoges. The companies SNCF, RATP, Keolis, Transdev, RTM, and Tisséo are the only ones that have invested in this system for now. It could be adopted by other networks within three months according to UTPF. This is a way to fight against this «scourge » that is fraud, and which « represents an estimated loss of around 700 million euros per year across the entire territory  », as the union reminds us in a statement.