An apartment above the station

[lewisner]

In California 2 Caltrain employees allegedly embezzled thousands from the company to build themselves apartments above the station and nobody noticed they were living there.

2 ex-Caltrain employees sentenced to jail for building secret apartments inside train stations

Both men were charged back in 2024 with the felony theft of public funds after they embezzled money to build secret apartments.

abc30.com

 

[pdkoester]

In California 2 Caltrain employees allegedly embezzled thousands from the company to build themselves apartments above the station and nobody noticed they were living there.

2 ex-Caltrain employees sentenced to jail for building secret apartments inside train stations

Both men were charged back in 2024 with the felony theft of public funds after they embezzled money to build secret apartments.

abc30.com

Allegedly, and confirmed. It was a wild concept and nobody had a clue they had this done until it was later found. Crazy things people will do.

 

[JCitron]

Well, at least they had no excuse for being late for work.

 

[marmalade32]

well, we all know housing's through the roof.

 

[lewisner]

They made a First Class job of the conversion.

 

[lewisner]

Allegedly, and confirmed. It was a wild concept and nobody had a clue they had this done until it was later found. Crazy things people will do.

In the 1980s i worked trains out of Hornsey carriage depot in north London. One of the fitters there was suspected of theft and when police went to his home they found it fitted out with seats and tables from class 313 EMUs . He had a cab / cab radio as his front door bell.