Leaked emails show the company behind 13cabs was warned its rule change could be unlawful,as a peak taxi body calls for tougher penalties against crooked cabbies.
A former federal police officer hired to clean up integrity at the company behind 13cabs and Cabcharge claims it had little genuine interest in tackling the rampant rip-offs enabled by its technology.
The Victorian premier said “disgusting” behaviour by a taxi driver revealed in an investigation by this masthead should send a message to others in the industry.
The scale of alleged fraud and other criminality in the taxi industry has outraged leading judges as well as consumer and disability advocates.
Hundreds of hours of footage showed the driver mistreating his vulnerable disabled customers.
It did not take long for a taxi driver to pounce on someone they thought was an elderly,vulnerable traveller.
The company which owns brands like 13cabs and Cabcharge insists it has taken action to limit rorts.
A massive document leak has laid bare how many cab drivers are scamming their customers,and how little is done about it.
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