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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39865223

A New York State cab driver has been fined $2,500 (£1,930; C$3,400) for overcharging asylum seekers for rides to the Canada-US border.

The state's attorney general said he launched a probe after hearing reports cabs were scamming migrants.

Northern Taxi's owner Christopher Crowningshield was caught in a subsequent sting operation.

He later admitted to regularly charging four to six times the normal price for fares heading to the border.

"Unfortunately, frightened and desperate people are the number one target of scammers," Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement on Wednesday.

She hailed a cab - Mr Crowningshield's - at the Plattsburgh bus depot and handed the driver a note asking to be taken to a specific point where people can walk across the border into the Canadian province of Quebec.

Mr Crowningshield agreed to the ride, but refused to answer the investigator's repeated questions about fares.

He only told her the trip would cost $200 well into the journey.

He later admitted that he sometimes charged up to $300 for the trip.

Mr Crowningshield has been ordered to pay the fines and penalties, to prominently post rates in his taxi, and to quote clients the fares in advance.