Taximen fined $100k for fake badges

Two taxi operators were fined a sum of $100,000 each, after they were found operating with fraudulent badges, the Transport Authority says. 

The men were arrested in December 2023 as part of intensified operations by the government agency aimed at curbing illegal practises.

The men were fined when they appeared in the Westmoreland Parish Court on Friday, January 19, 2024.

In issuing the verdict, the presiding Judge warned the men not to come back before the court for any such offence because they could pay a fine of up to a million dollars or 2 years imprisonment.

Managing Director of the Transport Authority, Ralston Smith says this swift and decisive judgement by the court is a warning to persons who consider defrauding the Authority by contravening the badge procedure and putting the public at risk.

He says operators must make an application for the badge and training programme and sign on to the operating training platform.

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