Taxi Scheme Might Be Smaller Than Commission First Thought.

The grand New York City taxi fraud may not be as grand as officials first thought. After announcing that tens of thousands of cabbies had cheated passengers by improperly flipping on an out-of-town meter rate, the chairman of the Taxi and Limousine Commission said on Monday that ''a fairly significant number'' of the incidents resulted in no additional charges, suggesting they might have been simple mistakes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]