Taxi company caught tampering with fare meter on one of its vehicles fined €2,000

Image: Wanderley Massafelli/RollingNews.ie Image: Wanderley Massafelli/RollingNews.ie A TAXI COMPANY has ended up in court and had to pay over €2,000 after it attempted to save money by switching a tamper-proof security seal on a meter.

He and his business were accused of offences under the Metrology Act in connection with tampering with a taxi meter seal.Charges against Martinov himself were dropped after his firm entered a guilty plea, prosecution counsel Eoghan Cole told Judge Anthony Halpin. It was discovered that a sticker seal on the device was from a meter that had been in one of the firm’s other cars. It would have cost €90 to have the proper seal on the meter.The judge noted from defence counsel Matthew Holmes that Martinov had caused himself a lot of difficulty and expense.

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