Illegal U-Pass sales costing TransLink millions

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Translink says the illegal sale of U-Passes has caused millions of dollars in lost fare revenue and could jeopardize the program.
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The discounted transit passes are automatically included in the fees paid by students at UBC, SFU, Langara, and Capilano University.

  }. r# S1 r1 A; }, o5 pBut TransLink spokesman Ken Hardie says many students try to sell the passes online.
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& J& c( w, j0 q7 k9 [# k' N- B9 K"Anybody who buys and uses a U-Pass needs to know that there are serious consequences if they're caught and we do catch people," he said.

# h/ w7 F/ u) R& D3 a8 ^, o" \He warns officials do monitor Craigslist and other similar sites and will often pose as buyers to catch offenders, who could face criminal charges, including fraud.
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7 X  ~/ u5 C  ^1 I"We know that, in some cases, the international students have been active in this activity. You can understand that being charged with a criminal offense could impact somebody's status in Canada, so they're taking a horrible risk, particularly," said Hardie.

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不明白他们损失在哪儿了  数百万？？？ 学生们不也是花钱买的吗？

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可能学生卖和其他人卖价格不同

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学生便宜很多