Two southern Ontario men have been charged in what police are calling a “taxi scam.”
York Regional Police officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle at a commercial plaza in Brampton on Sept. 26 at 8:44 p.m., police said in an Oct. 14 press release.
A man told police he was approached by a young person who asked him to speak to a taxi driver in a black Honda Civic on his behalf because the driver was refusing to accept payment from the youth. The youth then allegedly asked the man to pay the fare for him using his credit card. The man refused and obtained the licence plate of the vehicle to give to police….