Bus Company Fined for Mistakenly Seizing Woman's Bank Account
Translated & summarized from TheMarker by baba
A woman's bank account was mistakenly seized by the bus company Egged after a passenger provided her identity number to an inspector when caught without a ticket. The company failed to notice the discrepancy, leading to an enforcement file against the woman. A court ruled Egged was negligent and ordered them to pay her 17,500 shekels in damages and expenses.
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Egged was ordered to pay 17,500 shekels to a woman whose bank account was wrongly seized.
- A passenger gave a bus inspector the woman's ID number instead of his own.
- The company opened an enforcement file against the woman without her knowledge.
- A small claims court found Egged severely negligent in the incident.
A woman discovered her bank account had been seized due to a debt owed to the transportation company Egged. It later emerged that a passenger caught without a ticket on an Egged bus had provided the inspector with his name and address, but crucially, her identity number. This mix-up led to an enforcement file being opened against the woman, Miriam, without her knowledge of the debt or the collection proceedings. A small claims court ruled that Egged had been severely negligent and ordered the company to pay Miriam 16,000 shekels in compensation and 1,500 shekels in expenses.
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