Scheidt & Bachmann controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2012
MBTA CharlieCard revenue and systems audit
An audit of the Boston-area CharlieCard system reported a US$101.7 million fare-revenue discrepancy over five years and found that ticket machines and fareboxes had not communicated with the MBTA accounting systems since the system’s 2005 installation.
2008
New York commuter-rail ticket-machine fraud
A defect in ticket machines used by the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad reportedly issued free tickets when certain debit-card transactions were declined. Three people exploited the issue for more than three years and resold tickets valued at over US$800,000.