Don't fare dodge if you work in the City

A question about : Don't fare dodge if you work in the City

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30475232

Banned for life from working in financial services after dodging fares worth an estimated Ј42,550.

Best answers:

• Serves him right.
  He is a thief and cannot be trusted.
• Bankers are crooks in suits. A hedge fund manager is just another blood sucker who contributes what ? >
  Southeastern said it believed he had been dodging the fare for five years as his last annual season ticket from Stonegate expired in 2008
• No sympathy but on the other hand it is monstrous that he should be 'banned for life to work in the financial services industry'. Its one thing punishment and quite another to take away a fellow's livelihood!! How dare they do this! I hope it gets overturned after his appeal.
• TFL prices are criminal.
• On LBC last night, Duncan Barkes was saying that this was one of those crimes that everyone would do, if they thought they could get away with it.
  I tend to disagree with that, but it does raise the issue of whether everyone (potentially) has a list of crimes (or more likely minor misdemeanours) that they don't consider as crimes that must never be committed.
  Speeding anyone? Parking illegally? Part of the art of law enforcement is to shift that perception, as has been achieved with Drink-driving.
  I used to have a long-distance commute, and the penalty fare was simply the single fare (because it was so expensive). So not really a great disincentive to avoid paying.