JR Central employee overcharged foreigners for bullet train tickets

Central Japan Railway Co. said Thursday it fired a male employee who embezzled about 100,000 yen ($910) after overcharging foreign passengers who purchased shinkansen bullet train tickets at Shin-Osaka Station in western Japan, on seven occasions this year.According to the operator, the 20-year-old worker collected extra money by charging passengers for an additional person when they purchased multiple tickets at the station in Osaka Prefecture.He kept the extra tickets and cashed them at other JR stations.The malpractice was carried out between April and May, and the operator started inves…READ FULL ARTICLE