2024-03-18 14:12:47
A taxi driver revealed that an illegal driver had carried out a million-dollar scam on a Dutch tourist at the Santiago Airport. In addition, he assured that it is “something common.”
An unusual event was revealed in the vicinity of the Santiago Airport, where a new complaint shook the local taxi service. A taxi driver accused that an illegal transporter He would have charged a sum close to 7 million pesos from a Dutch tourist to transfer her to a hotel.
This situation was revealed in the midst of an inspection by the Ministry of Transportation, which is carried out with the objective of finding illegal taxis or transporters that have adulterated taximeters.
The details of the millionaire fraud of a fake taxi driver at the Santiago Airport
One of the drivers who was at said site told the morning of Channel 13 that an illegal transporter defrauded one of his clients. In this way, he pointed out that the illegal driver He charged her 7 thousand dollars to take her to a hotel in the center of Santiago.
According to the Central Bank, currently this figure translates into $6.700.000.
In this sense, the taxi driver assured: “She is my client. I couldn’t come look for her and I sent a colleague. The lady did not have the patience and took a taxi of these that are posted herewhich are not legal.”
According to his story, the scam became effective because the payment was made by credit card, which is why it was deducted from his balance. “She calls me on the phone, They had charged his credit card $7,000.“, he explained.
After this story, the taxi driver maintained that “this is usualbut what is the problem that inspection has? They cannot enter the airport premises.”
“We don’t get anything out of carrying out an inspection at this time, because They leave and then no man’s land begins here”, he added.
The testimony is released after the recent United Kingdom Embassy in Santiago will notify Chile due to the fear that the British have about the fake taxi drivers found at the airport.