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Too bad it doesn’t say how he actually got found out. I imagine he could have gotten away with it if he had gradually reduced his theft of coins over 2-3 years, then quit the job and moved somewhere else. I’m pretty sure there’s tons of schemes like this that aren’t ever found out.


> Too bad it doesn’t say how he actually got found out.

Hm? It does:

> In 1993, with the red flags mounting up, the city authorities hired private investigators to observe Kara, which finally caught him in the act.


That's fairly vague though. What red flags? How were they novel?


Probably the 19th audit in a row where ridership and fare enforcement stats didn’t match up to fares paid.




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