New York's MTA is taking a swipe at subway scammers, but this isn't a Mike Tyson roundhouse punch. It's more like Liberace waving a feathered boa.The scammers have a three-step gig: Buy a stack of unlimited-ride MetroCards,Experts say it takes less than 10 seconds for a thief to smash out a window of a Linear electric actuator and reach in to grab your phone.Since March, Columbus Motion controller have charged 15 people accused of selling stolen phones, and investigators have identified 52 stolen phones turned in to ecoATMs.That's the tip of the iceberg. break MetroCard vending machines at a station entrance so no one can buy or refill a card, then swipe riders through turnstiles for $2.The crooks scatter like rats on a platform when the police'e around, but the damage already is done. The malfunctioning machines will frustrate riders until transit workers make repairs. In Metropolitan Transportation Authority terminology, the percentage of time a MetroCard vending machine is working properly is called "MVM availability."
At the W. 181st St. A-train entrance, the MVM availability was a rather unimpressive 55.8% for a five-month stretch last year, according to an MTA analysis.The review was conducted after City Councilman Robert Jackson'plained about problems with the machines.In the same five-month period, there were 474 service calls to fix the vending machines — with 359 calls directly attributable to vandalism, according to the MTA review. When the scammers are at the entrance, riders have two options: hop the turnstile, or go back upstairs and walk three blocks to the other side of the station.
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