Bus Company Fined for Mistakenly Seizing Woman's Bank Account
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Egged, an Israeli bus company, mistakenly opened an enforcement file and seized the bank account of a woman named Miriam due to a passenger's incorrect identification. The passenger had given his name and address but Miriam's ID number to an inspector after being caught without a ticket. A court found Egged grossly negligent and ordered them to pay Miriam 17,500 shekels in compensation 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 wrong ID number, leading to the error.
- The woman was unaware of the debt or collection proceedings against her.
- A small claims court found Egged grossly negligent in the case.
A woman, identified as Miriam, discovered her bank account had been seized due to a debt owed to the transportation company Egged. It was later revealed that a passenger caught without a ticket on an Egged bus had provided the inspector with his own name and address, but her identity number. This error, compounded by a series of failures, led to an enforcement file being opened against Miriam, who was unaware of the debt or the collection proceedings.
A small claims court ruled that Egged had been grossly negligent and ordered the company to pay Miriam 16,000 shekels in compensation and 1,500 shekels in expenses.
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