Transport fraud: SNCF and RATP will now be able to check the addresses of offenders

From Wednesday, six public transport operators, including SNCF, RATP, Keolis and Transdev, will be able to check the addresses of offenders without a transport ticket in order to ensure that the fine imposed on them actually arrives. safely.

Concretely, at the end of the day, the address given by the offender at the time the fine was notified by the controller will be verified by a computer system, which will look for a match with the files of the general directorate of public finances. However, this requires that the offender must have given their correct identity during the check.

700 million euros per year in shortfall

“This system will make the addresses of offenders more reliable to optimize the recovery of fines,” indicates in a press release the Union of Public and Rail Transport (UTPF), the professional union in the sector, which indicates that fraud represents an estimated shortfall. at around 700 million euros per year throughout the country.

At the same time, a bill tabled by the senator (LR) of Alpes-Maritimes Philippe Tabarot, who has since become Minister of Transport, intends to go further, by giving the power to inspectors to directly verify the address of the offender during the inspection.