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Pareene · 12/14/07 11:07AM

Now the MTA is literally stealing from us! If you're foolish enough to deliver lost property to a bus or subway worker, chances are slim that'll it end up in the "lost property storage unit," according to a probe by the MTA's inspector general's office. Investigators posing as passengers handed 26 items to MTA employees and ended up recovering three of them. And apparently the lost property unit itself is a gold mine of unsecured valuables! Wallets and "several years worth of passports" are all sitting in unlocked drawers and cabinets—and "unauthorized workers from other divisions" are running wild throughout. Free passports for everyone! [NYDN]