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  1. @OCJ & Bazza thank you for the information I have decided to seek legal advice on the matter and I respinded to the letter to request some time until I can arrange this. OCJ from your responses I am a bit unclear on what the prosecution would be as well as the likely sentence. From what Bazza said prison is not possible, is that your understanding? Also, the historical offences would be bundled up under the same prosecution I assume? Finally, I am very worried about the criminal record, for which I was wondering if there is any flexibility at all but tfl or understanding where a career is involved or any other personal matter. Again many thanks.
  2. I am also planning to respond to the letter in the first instance via email before i formally send a letter. I plan to send the below
  3. @ All Thank you so much for the information. No Evidence is provided in the letter. I rang a couple of solicitors today. The quotes i got for just helping with the interview are ~£1000 which seems extortionate? This is where I am considering whether paying that fee is even worth it. In terms of timeframe I was using the wrong card I think its been 4-5 months....which is my main worry. Looking back at it I should have been checking my autotopup status or opening the wallets but in the busy life in London I never thought of doing these simple things - I guess i took stuff for granted. I am not interested in persuading anyone, I am just interested for this to be over. I totally accept how I am at fault, My main concern here is the criminal record and obviously the possibility of imprisonment? What is the likelyhood of the latter as from what I read, the first, is almost a given. What I still do not understand is the worse case scenario of me attending the interview alone and consecutively pleading guilty if TFL do not accept to settling this out of court.
  4. My father left me his freedom pass when he was leaving which I put in my work briefcase alongside my oyster wallet. Why I put them in the same place? Didnt really think about it to be very honest. They were both in black wallets, not sure what they were issued in.
  5. thanks for your advise. Can you clarify what you mean by doesn't look good? I think I have accepted the fact that I might be prosecuted but does this mean a fine and criminal record? worse?
  6. The consistent pattern is probably me going to work and back within zone 1 or other small trips like that. This is what I am not sure about. It might have been for a few months that I was using this in total ignorance. I want to pay even the last penny and whatever else, this is how much I did not mean to cause any trouble. I live in London for 10 years and nothing like this has ever happened to me.
  7. I said that I must have confused the cards and that my father is out of the country at the moment. It was a surprise to me when I got stopped and when I searched my bag I discovered my other Oyster card which I showed to the inspector. In my shock I do not remember if I mentioned the auto top up. I did read the notes, maybe in my stress I missed something but in general seems to be ok.
  8. Hi All, In short I have been caught using a Freedom Pass ticket of my father. I have a auto top up Oyster card which I kept in the same place as my dad's Freedom pass. The holders of the two cards were the same on the outside and at a certain point in time i must have picked up the freedom pass without realising and went on normally using that in my everyday life. (I never actually open the holder to check cards as mine is auto top up). My dad travels abroad as he has a house in Europe and doesn't regularly use the card therefore was not aware. This was completely my fault and I have admitted to this when the officers carried an interview on me at the station when they stopped me. Since then I received the letter stating that I might be prosecuted where I followed the forums advise and apologised asking to pay all costs + admin explaining the events. 2 months later (today) I receive another letter inviting me to another interview under caution for historical offences being investigated on the oyster card. I assume these where the trips carried out by me when I was thinking I was using my normal card. I am very confused by this letter and I was worried about the consequences. The questions I have for which I would appreciate any help are: 1) Is it safer to take a solicitor? From the point of view that I want to limit any damage. 2) Since the history they probably have on file of my travelling on various occasions is valid and I am willing to pay the fine, if they decide to prosecute what is the worst that can happen in court given that I have a clean record and I raise my hand up that I did a mistake? 3) How one would respond to the letter received? Do I ask about the historical offences they are referring to? Should I again try and negotiate an out of court settlement? 4) They say I have 7 days to respond. Is this upon receipt of the letter? 5) What would be your recommended next steps? Apologise if this topic was discussed but I haven't found a thread discussing the same situation. Many thanks in advance.
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