NYC subway guard hired to fight fare evasion caught on camera taking cash to open gates

What a cash-swipe!

A subway security guard hired to crack down on rampant fare evasion was caught on camera swiping in riders with a student OMNY card in exchange for cash.

A new report from MTA Inspector General Daniel Cort’s office showed the guard tapping straphangers through the gates of a Brooklyn station — using a stolen Department of Education OMNY card that was intended for student use.

The IG’s report released Thursday did not identify the security guard, who was removed from the subways after a rider at the Eighth Avenue station in Brooklyn alerted authorities to the scam last year…

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